Karachi Police on Tuesday took action against q gang of kidnappers near Hab area. As a result of which two kidnappers were killed in encounter while an abducted youth was recovered.
This was stated by CIA Deputy Inspector General Dr Jamil Ahmed at a press conference at his office. The DIG said that it was a first kidnapping case of this year which was solved successfully. He said Muhammad Faisal, 17, son of Nazir Ahmed, was kidnapped for ransom from his shop by unknown accused on January 5, 2017 who demanded Rs 30 million ransom. This FIR was registered in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri police station.
He further said that the police along with CPLC and AVCC (CIA) started joint efforts and solved the case within a few days. He said when two accused were shifted the kidnapped youth to Balochistan area on a motorcycle, the police tried to arrest them, but they opened fire.
In exchange of fire, they were killed by police who recovered the youth safely. The police also recovered two pistols and one motorcycle from the custody of the killed accused.
The DIG claimed that 16 cases of kidnapping for ransom were reported in 2016, and all of them were solved. To a query, he said that poor civic infrastructure of the city was also a major factor in rising crime in Karachi. He said the criminals easily committed crimes in streets without streetlights and they looted vehicles due to battered roads.
