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Lashkar-e-Islam men nabbed, kidnapped doctor freed: police
LAHORE: City police revealed on Monday they had recovered a missing doctor and arrested his kidnappers, who had confessed to being operatives of Khyber Agency militant commander Mangal Bagh's banned Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) outfit. SSP (Investigation) Zulfiqar Hameed told reporters at a press conference that Wahdat Colony-resident Dr Aslam Khan, who is a practicing child specialist, was abducted on August 22 last year. Dr Khan was working at the Social Security Hospital on Raiwind Road and also ran a private practice. Upon the complaint of Dr Khan's brother a case against the kidnappers was registered on August 13 at the Wahdat Colony police station. The abductors had demanded Rs 30 million in ransom money for Dr Khan's release, but he was rescued by Crime Investigation Agency personnel, some four months after his kidnapping. The SSP said the kidnappers were identified as Ziarat Gul alias Badshah -- also the alleged ringleader, Salman Butt alias Mani Butt, Moeen Butt, Muhammad Asif and Ali Man Shah. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had kidnapped Dr Khan on the orders of Mangal Bagh, and that the ransom money was to be utilized in financing the outfit's operations. Gul, who hails from Dir, had been living at 14/A Abbot Road, Royal Park. The men also confessed to having stolen various vehicles from around the city. Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Pervez Rathore has announced cash prizes and commendatory certificates for the CIA Cantt division police team that rescued the kidnapped man. Posted by: Fred 2010-01-05 |
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