BAHAWALNAGAR: The Takht Mahal police rescued a man and his two daughters from their captors on Sunday, who were kidnapped to avenge a freewill marriage here on Friday.

SHO Naveed Nazakat told Dawn that on March 25, Allah Rakha, of Chak Ghulam Muhammad, with 11 of his accomplices kidnapped 50-year-old Rustam Ali and his daughters 13-year-old Maria and 15-year-old Abida.

The SHO said that the reason behind the kidnapping was that Rustam’s son Amjad Ali contracted a freewill marriage with Allah Rakha’s daughter a few days ago. He said the police arrested four of the 11 kidnappers, including the prime accused from the Pakpattan area.

KILLED: The Minchinabad police registered a case on Sunday against two gunmen, who killed an army official, injured his wife and fled.

According to an FIR, army official Hasan Raza Syed, of Arifwala, who was on leave and was on his way to his in-laws along with his wife Muqaddas Bibi, was intercepted by two motorcyclists near the nullah on Dhak Patan Road.

They shot at and killed Hasan, and injured his wife. The police have started an investigation into the case.

Published in Dawn, March 28th, 2022