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Two WAPDA employees kidnapped

Published on: August 19, 2022 2:58 PM

SADIQABAD: Two WAPDA employees are kidnapped. Unknown men on Friday have ‘kidnapped’ two Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) employees in Sadiqabad, Punjab.

According to the local police, the WAPDA went to restore electricity on the complaint in Nawazabad. They were reportedly kidnapped after they were returning to Mahi Chowk.

The police said that teams have been set up and they are trying to trace the location of the WAPDA employees.

This is not the first incident of kidnapping of WAPDA employees, a few years earlier, a Wapda worker was abducted by unknown armed persons in the precincts of Dera Sarki PS, Kandhkot.

According to details, Nizam Din Khoso, in charge of Karampur Gird Station, resident of Tangwani Taluka was returning from his duty late at night on his bike when he reached near Sokar Stop, suddenly unidentified armed men intercepted him and kidnapped him at gunpoint.

Two WAPDA employees were kidnapped. Unknown men on Friday have ‘kidnapped’ two Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) employees in Sadiqabad, Punjab.

According to the local police, the WAPDA went to restore electricity on the complaint in Nawazabad. They were reportedly kidnapped after they were returning to Mahi Chowk.

The police said that teams have been set up and they are trying to trace the location of the WAPDA employees.

This is not the first incident of kidnapping of WAPDA employees, a few years earlier, a Wapda worker was abducted by unknown armed persons in the precincts of Dera Sarki PS, Kandhkot.

According to details, Nizam Din Khoso, in charge of Karampur Gird Station, resident of Tangwani Taluka was returning from his duty late at night on his bike when he reached near Sokar Stop, suddenly unidentified armed men intercepted him and kidnapped him at gunpoint.

Diamond Jubilee of Pakistan – Celebrations at WAPDA House pic.twitter.com/JZaDGfZocW

— WAPDA (@wapda_pr) August 15, 2022

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