SUKKUR, Feb 17: Three men were kidnapped in two incidents in Bahoo Khoso and Bugti Colony of Jacobabad district on Saturday night.

Some armed men, believed to be Bugti tribesmen, intercepted a a Kashmor-bound passenger bus near Bahoo Khoso and kidnapped two members of the Bachkani tribe, Mohammad Arif and Fareed.

Later, the kidnappers intercepted a motorcyclist in the jurisdiction of the Bugti Colony police and kidnapped Taigho Bachkani.

The police have registered a case and begun investigation.

Tension has mounted in the area after the incidents of kidnapping as both of the tribesmen are said to have taken positions against each other.

Background of the kidnapping is said to be a dispute between two gangs, the members of whom belong to the Bugti and Bachkani tribes, over the recent kidnapping of Nazim, Thul union council, Ahmed Ali Khoso.

Khoso was kidnapped allegedly by the Bachkani outlaws who released him later on the intervention of some influential men of the Bugti tribe.

It is believed that the Bachkanis were kidnapped to pressure their tribesmen to return Rs600,000 which they snatched from Khoso after kidnapping him.

The gangs of Zafar Bugti and Bala Bachkani are said to be involved in the kidnapping incidents.