12-year-old kidnapped boy recovered

04 Sep, 2007

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has been recovered a 12-year-old child after being kidnapped five months ago for ransom from a Dera of Kasur. The court called for the record of Adnan case, registered by the Factory Area Police, put off till September 12. It also passed these orders in a habeas corpus petition filed by her mother, Kulsoom Bibi, seeking her son's recovery.
The petitioner said Muhammad Sadiq and Shaukat Kharal had kidnapped her son for Rs 1.5 million ransom five months ago. The Factory Area police had registered a case against the accused but her son was not recovered and after some time the investigation officer closed the case declaring it as non-traceable, petitioner alleged.
The counsel for the petitioner told the court that now they have come to know that the detainee was detained at Basti Lal Shah of Kasur in the custody of Nasir. The court deputed a bailiff to recover the boy when the counsel told the court that he was detained at Basti Lal Shah of Kasur in the custody of a man named Nasir. The bailiff and the police later recovered the child.

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