A 5-year-old boy kidnapped for ransom from a private housing society in Sundar area has been rescued, 2 kidnappers arrested.
Ariz's step-grandmother had abducted the child for a ransom of Rs 100 million a few days before the plan with close friend. Kamran Adil
The accused used to contact the plaintiff through conference call from Dubai numbers. The rest of the accused will be arrested soon and will be punished - DIG Investigation Lahore
IG Punjab kept getting daily updates on child recovery, the investigation team did a great job.
The father of the child thanked CCPO Lahore and his team.
CIA police in an operation in the area of Sundar police station have rescued a 5-year-old boy who was abducted for ransom from a private society and arrested two suspects. Two modern rifles have also been recovered from the arrested accused. DIG Investigation Kamran Adil said this while talking to media persons in his office today. SSP Investigation Imran Kishwar, SP CIA Asim Iftikhar, SP Sadar Operation Hassan Javed Bhatti and other CIA officers were also present on the occasion. DIG investigation told that a 5-year-old boy Areez who was abducted has been rescued safely and accused Sajjad and Akram have been arrested from Sarai Alamgir. Two modern rifles (Kalashnikov, 1000 bullets) were also recovered from the accused. Police teams are conducting raids to arrest the absconding accused Mehwish, Shahbaz and Owais. He said that the accused abducted the child on the evening of May 13 from Sundar Police Station Private Society Park for a ransom of Rs. 100 million. The case was registered in Sunder police station on May 13, 939/22 on the complaint of his father Ahmad Yar. Mehwish, a step grandmother of Areez had hatched plan of kidnapping with help of her accomplice. Sajjad, Akram and Owais played a key role in fulfilling plan of Mehwish and Shehbaz.
DIG Kamran Adil said that the accused used to contact the plaintiff through a conference call from Dubai numbers to avoid arrest. He said that the rest of the accused would be arrested soon and would be punished with the help of prosecution. DIG Investigation Kamran Adil said that IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan kept getting daily updates on the case. Talking to media persons, the boy's father thanked the Punjab Chief Minister, IG Punjab and CCPO Lahore and their team. The video of the feelings of father while meeting his son went viral on social media.
(Handout No. 274)
Osama Mehmood
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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