HYDERABAD: Kidnapping slammed

Published September 15, 2002

HYDERABAD, Sept 14: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has condemned the kidnapping of five persons, including three businessmen of minority community from Oderolal.

The deputy convener, coordination committee, MQM Aftab Shaikh, in a statement issued here on Thursday, said that kidnapping for ransom of Seth Jethmal, Mahesh Kumar, Teekamal and two others had created a sense of insecurity among the people of Hyderabad district. He said that the police and administration had totally failed to protect lives and properties of the people who had been left at the mercy of criminals.—Bureau

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