CPLC solves another kidnapping case - Gulistan e Jauhar Recovery

CBR man arrested for kidnapping

KARACHI: The police and CPLC have arrested a retired Pakistan Army major and an assistant collector of the Central Board of Revenue on charges of abduction and kidnapping one man and two women.

The joint operation was conducted Sunday night in Malir Cantt in which Assistant Collector Mir Amir Ahmed Khan and his co-accused Major (retd) Saeed Javed were arrested. Their hostages included Amir’s brother-in-law and mother-in-law. The abducted couple was Capt (retd) Dr Shahab [Amir’s wife’s brother] and his wife Dr Shabana, and Amir’s wife’s [and Shahab’s] mother Hafeesa Bano.

“Amir and his wife Taj Khatoon had separated for which a khula case was going on in the court,” explained CPLC chief Sharfuddin Memon. “Taj Khatoon had gone to Lahore with the three children.” Amir wanted the children back, despite court orders.

Amir used a third party to invite Taj’s brother Dr Shahab for a job in Karachi. On May 18, Shahab was called to meet them in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. He brought along his wife and mother. They were kidnapped at the meeting and the two women were kept at Amir’s farm house in Malir. Dr Shahab was kept with Major Saeed in Sakro.

Taj arrived in Karachi and according to a plan agreed to hand over the children in Malir. The CPLC chief said that while this was a domestic issue, it was an abduction case as well that was registered in Shahra-e-Faisal police station. “This is very common,” Memon said, explaining that people abducted others and kept them for a day or two until the demand was fulfilled. “But it is still a crime.”