Daily Times

A woman who went missing along with a child a few weeks ago managed to reach to Gadap police station on Tuesday.

A 45-year-old woman, namely Samina, wife of Muhammad Afzal was kidnapped under mysterious circumstances along with her three-year-old son, namely Arsalan from Marri Muhalla, Sector 15 within the jurisdiction of Shah Latif police station about 15 days ago.

The woman’s husband had registered a complaint with Shah Latif police station on June 11.

Police officials said that the complainant had nominated his neighbor, namely Shabbir for kidnapping and subjecting his wife to rape in the First Information Report No. 372/18.

The police then had initiated investigations over the matter.

In the FIR, the complainant alleged that his neighbor had phoned him and informed about the kidnapping and also demanded Rs5000 through easy paisa from the complainant on June 4.

According to the FIR, the woman’s husband paid his neighbor but the neighbor refused to recover Samina and her son.

The police investigators had failed to trace and rescue the victims.

Police officials said that the woman, however, managed to reach the Gadap City police station on the night between Sunday and Monday.

According to the police, Samina’s son was in an unconscious condition when she reached the police station.

However, the police shifted him to the hospital where he breathed his last while the injured woman remained admitted at the hospital.

The woman’s husband claimed that the accused Shabbir tortured his son to death. However, police investigators suspect that the woman left the house with her own accord.

Police officials said that the woman’s statement would be recorded in front of the magistrate while the case was being investigated from different angles.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Amjad Javed Saleemi has taken a notice of the incident and sought a complete report from Deputy Inspector General (DIG) East.

Published in Daily Times, June 20^th 2018.