SHIKARPUR, Jan 12: Rangers have re-arrested a man, Ayoob Kharos, from the Hafizabad Kharos village on Wednesday in connection with a kidnapping case in which two additional sessions judges had been kidnapped.

Judges Abdul Wahab Abasi and Farooq Ahmed Channa had been kidnapped by a gang of eight dacoits some 40 days ago from the Garhiyasin Ratodero Road. Ayoob was arrested from Hafizabad Kharos village. Later, police released him even though he was an absconder in three under-trial cases.

NAIB NAZIM HELD: Rangers have arrested UC Amrot Sharif's Naib Nazim Nasrullah from a section of the Lakhi-Larkana road, near New Amrot, on Wednesday. He was wanted by Karachi police in 13-D Arms Ordinance, car lifting and other cases.

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