LAHORE: Police here have arrested three persons on the charge of kidnapping a citizen on gunpoint and receiving Rs. 0.5 million fir his release.
Addressing a press conference at Shahdara, Assistant Superintendent of Police Syed Ehsan Shah said the police were informed that three persons intercepted Usman Javed who was traveling on a motorcycle and put him into their car and abducted him away.
The three armed men took Javed to their hideout, tortured him and forced him to transfer the amount from his bank to their account, and let him free.
The police later formed a special team which using modern technology traced and arrested the culprits.
The culprits were presented before the media and identified as Kamran, Mujahid and Faizan. They are still in the custody of the police fir further investigation, said the ASP.
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