Two Mazaris kidnapped for ransom

Published April 24, 2003

RAJANPUR, April 23: Highwaymen on Wednesday morning kidnapped three members of the Mazari tribe, releasing one of them after some time, about 12 kilometres from Rojhan.

Reports said Mureed Husain Mazari, Jama Chungli Mazari and Mahlo Mazari were on their way home by a pick-up (PRO-4337) when seven armed men stopped them. They took the Mazaris towards mountains where they set Mahlo free, asking him to arrange Rs800,000 ransom to get his companions released.

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