FAISALABAD, July 5: A resident of Chak 58-JB has accused the investigation police of letting the kidnapper of his brother off after receiving bribe. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Noor Ahmad said his Saudi Arab-returned brother Ali Asghar was kidnapped by his two close friends — Muhammad Imran and Muhammad Amjad — when they (the brothers) were on their way home after exchanging foreign currency worth Rs500,000 about three months ago.
He said though the suspects claimed they were not involved in the crime, the police investigators and the people found solid evidence of their involvement in the kidnap of his brother.
The Gulberg police registered a case against the suspects and arrested Imran who, he said, confessed his crime during the 18-day detention. However, the investigators instead of recovering Ali Asghar let the culprit off after getting huge amount from him.
He demanded that the Punjab IGP should direct the local police higher-ups to immediately arrest the culprits.
Mr Ahmad warned that the family would observe hunger strike in front of the office of the SP (investigation) if the kidnappers were not rounded up within 48 hours and his brother not recovered.
ARRESTS: Faisalabad Range DIG Sajjad Ahmad claim that the police have arrested 66 proclaimed offenders and cattle thieves. They recovered 450 cattle from different hideouts.
The DIG told journalists on Tuesday that special police teams raided several dens of criminals during a fortnightly campaign and rounded up 66 cattle thieves and POs.
He said the IGP had directed the range police chiefs to conduct operations in their respective areas and bring down the graph of cattle lifting.
DCO District Coordination Officer Athar Husain Khan has directed the officials of various departments to take immediate action on the directions issued by the president, the prime minister, the governor and the chief minister.
Presiding over a meeting of district heads of various departments on Tuesday, he directed them to introduce one-window operation so that prompt services and facilities could be provided to the people. He also directed that the officials should be punctual.
The DCO sought establishment of complaint cells at all offices for prompt redress of the public complaints.
Meanwhile, the DCO held a meeting with the protesting people of the Narwala Road, Millat Road and the Pansera Road and informed that he could not take any action on imposition of toll on main roads because it was a subject of the provincial government.
He, however, pledged that the matter would be discussed with the senior officials of the Punjab government and efforts would be made to resolve the issue according to the wishes of the villagers.
The protesters, on the other hand, gave a deadline of 10 days to the district administration to resolve the matter and assured the DCO of cooperation.