Islamabad reports a dozen kidnapping cases in a single day
ISLAMABAD: At least a dozen kidnapping incidents were registered by the capital police in a single day on Thursday, police said. In the first incident, three women kidnapped a newborn baby boy from Pims Hospital. The police registered a case under Section 364-A of the Pakistan Penal Code in response to a complaint lodged by the boy’s mother. The police said the women took the boy outside the…
Islamabad police registered a dozen kidnapping incidents in a single day on Thursday. In the first case, three women stole a newborn baby from Pims Hospital. The complainant’s mother-in-law, a lady doctor, and a security guard soon traced the kidnappers and recovered the baby. In another incident, a married woman and her car were abducted from I-9/4.
The husband reported the crime, and police registered a case under Section 496-A of the Pakistan Penal Code. On Friday, a boy was taken from Garden Town after his mother found his phone off. Police traced the kidnappers after he was seen with a photo of himself. A 15-year-old girl vanished from Iqbal Town, prompting a Section 365-B complaint.
Similarly, a teenage girl from Sihala, who worked at a factory, went missing. Her disappearance was reported under the same section. An 18-year-old girl was taken from Model Town, also under Section 365-B. A 17-year-old girl was abducted from Naiabadi Barakah, reported by her grandmother. A driver working for an officer and a cab driver were kidnapped and their cases registered under Section 365.
Additionally, a 16-year-old boy from Bilal Town was reported missing after a family dispute, with his whereabouts still unknown.
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