KARACHI: Eight cars, ten bikes hijacked

Published September 16, 2002

KARACHI, Sept 15: Eighteen vehicles — eight cars and 10 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Sunday, police said.

Three cars were hijacked. Five others were stolen.

Four motorcycles were hijacked. Six others were stolen.

Police also claimed on Sunday to have recovered two cars and one motorcycle in the city.

KIDNAPPED: A man was kidnapped by five men impersonating policemen at his house in Buffer Zone on Friday, Sept 13.

Abdul Hafeez Qureshi was taken away by five armed men from his house No 15-B in Buffer Zone, saying that they were taking him to Gulshan-i-Jamal police station.

Later, the kidnap victim’s son Naeem Qureshi found out that no police station by that name existed in the city.

The family received a ransom phone call from the kidnappers demanding Rs700,000.

On Sunday, Naeem lodged an FIR 409/2002 at Buffer Zone police station in connection with the kidnapping of his father.

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