Police officers among five held for kidnapping in Karachi
- 06-Jun-2025
KARACHI: Police rescued a kidnapped citizen and arrested five individuals, including officers from the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC), involved in a short-term kidnapping for ransom, ARY News reported. According to details, police raided the AVLC office in Ajmer Nagri and safely recovered the abducted man who had been held for ransom. The operation led to […]
Karachi student’s alleged kidnapping case takes new turn
- 22-May-2025
The case of a first-year college student who allegedly went missing from Karachi’s Joharabad area has taken an unexpected turn after her fiancé brought her back home from Hyderabad. According to details, Fizza had left home on May 19 to appear for an exam but never returned. Her brother received a voice note claiming that […]
Watch: Female teachers’ kidnapping attempt foiled in Jacobabad
- 07-Mar-2025
JACOBABAD: Local residents thwarted a kidnapping attempt of several female teachers in Jacobabad, ARY News reported on Friday. The incident occurred early in the morning within the jurisdiction of the B-Section police station. According to reports, several armed dacoits attacked a school van that was on its way to school. The robbers stopped the van […]
Mother arrested for killing son in fake kidnapping plot
- 26-Jan-2025
RAIWIND: In a shocking turn of events, the mother of the child who went missing a day before from Raiwind has been arrested for her involvement in his murder, ARY News reproted. The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Chaudhry Usman revealed that the mother, along with a friend and the maid, staged a fake kidnapping. […]
WATCH: Brave mother-daughter duo foil kidnapping attempt in Karachi
- 25-Jan-2025
KARACHI: A shocking attempt to abduct a young girl in Korangi’s Bhatai Colony was thwarted after the girl and a woman shouted for help, causing the kidnappers to flee, ARY News reported. The incident took place in Sector D, and CCTV footage of the incident has now been shared. The video shows a woman walking […]
Karachi: Parents speaks up in Garden children kidnapping case
- 22-Jan-2025
The Karachi police have yet to trace the two minor children who were kidnapped from the Garden West area almost a week ago, ARY News reported. Police remain clueless in the case of 5-year-old Aaliyan and 6-year-old Ali, despite the emergence of CCTV footage of the kidnapping which shows a man and woman on a […]
Ward boy arrested after ‘kidnapping’ female medical student in Multan
- 23-Dec-2024
MULTAN: A case of abduction has been registered at the Cantt Police Station after a female medical student was abducted from the garden of Nishtar Medical College in Multan. According to reports, the case was filed by final-year student Maaz Arshad, after which an inquiry committee, consisting of senior faculty members, was formed. The committee […]
Police arrest suspect in kidnapping of two sisters in Karachi
- 16-Jul-2024
KARACHI: The Karachi police have arrested a suspect involved in the kidnapping of two sisters from the Shershah area of city, ARY News reported on Tuesday. The two sisters were successfully recovered from the house of the accused, who reportedly taught religious education. The case of their disappearance was registered based on a complaint filed […]
CTD officer ‘booked’ for kidnapping, extortion
- 06-Jul-2024
KARACHI: A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officer has been booked for alleged kidnapping and extortion, ARY News reported citing sources. According to sources, a case was registered against CTD Sub-Inspector Rafaqat Shah at the Tipo Sultan police station for kidnapping youth from a hotel and demanding a ransom of Rs 4 lac. Sources within CTD said […]
Nigeria: Kidnappers demand $620,000 for release of school hostages
- 14-Mar-2024
Gunmen who kidnapped 286 students and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week have demanded a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) for their release, a spokesman for the families of the hostages and a local councillor told Reuters. The school children, some older students and members of the school staff were abducted […]