Police said on Saturday that two suspects said to have been
behind the abduction of a five-year-old from Karachi's Defence Phase 8
area had been gunned down during an operation.
On December 6, 2017, Mohammad Abban Ghufran had been kidnapped from DHA Phase 8 near an academic institution while returning from school with his mother. He was later ransomed from his abductors.
"On
December 9, 2017, in the early hours, law enforcement agencies, Anti
Violent Crime Cell, Citizens Police Liaison Committee [(CPLC)] jointly
conducted a raid to arrest the kidnappers," the Chief of CPLC, Zubair
Habib, informed in a statement.
"Two kidnappers who were
later identified as Zaheer Mirza and Zaki tried to run away and also
opened straight fire [at the raiding party]. In return fire, both
kidnappers were killed at the spot near Kamran Chowrangi,
Gulistan-e-Johar," Habib's statement read.
"Ransom money
100,000, purse and cell phone of the mother of the kidnapped child were
recovered. Both the kidnappers were killed and the gang was busted," it
added.
Two masked men in a white car had intercepted the
vehicle in which the boy and his mother were travelling. After snatching
valuables from the woman, they had taken the boy with them forcibly.
Shortly
after, the boy’s family had received a call from the kidnappers who
demanded a ransom of Rs150 million for his release. After negotiations
with the family, the kidnappers had agreed to take Rs300,000.
After receiving the ransom, the kidnappers had left the boy at Askari petrol pump near Jauhar Chowrangi.
