RAJANPUR, Feb 5: Rakh Fazilpur Union Nazim was kidnapped reportedly by highway robbers from the Indus Highway on Friday night.

Rana Farhat Shabbir was on way to DG Khan by his car when half a dozen gunmen riding a double cabin jeep intercepted his vehicle. They made Farhat board their vehicle while one of the outlaws took control of his car's steering wheel.

They drove towards the hilly area bordering Balochistan via Dajal.

The highwaymen dropped the Nazim's driver on the way at a deserted place and then abandoned the car in Dajal before crossing over to Balochistan via BMP's Khumbi check-post.

The local police learnt about the kidnapping when the driver reached Fazilpur.

Kidnap for ransom continues unabated in Rajanpur and Muzaffargarh districts and to some extent in Dera Ghazi Khan and Rahim Yar Khan.

Gangs operating from the kutcha area of the Indus river and Suleman Range hills on the Balochistan border have so far succeeded in eluding all operations by police.

Saturday's kidnapping follows the killing of notorious Bosan gang's mastermind Mithal alias Mithly in an 'encounter' with police on Thursday near Fazilpur.

Each time the police claim the killing of a notorious gangster, more kidnap for ransom cases are reported. Locals suspect that tribal Sardars do patronize these gangs.