LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti has taken an exemplary suo motu notice of Lahore student’s abduction which led to her recovery within a day.
After the LHC CJ set a 10 pm deadline, Punjab police recovered the abducted matric student from Arifwala tehsil of Pakpattan who was kidnapped by her ex-fiance from Lahore’s Shadbagh area.
The footage of the abduction incident went viral. The LHC CJ Justice Bhatti directed IG Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan and Lahore Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Bilal Siddique Kamyana to ensure the safe recovery of the girl after setting a 10 pm deadline.
The hearing resumed at 10:30 and the court was apprised that the girl was recovered.
The LHC CJ then wrapped up the suo motu notice after ordering the IG Punjab to investigate the case at the earliest.
CCPO Kamyana told the media that suspects had kidnapped the girl after she had broken off the engagement and the police department traced the abductors with the assistance of the intelligence agencies.
According to the police, the girl was going with her brother to appear in an exam when four unidentified men kidnapped her. They added that a case was registered against the abduction.
After registering the case, the police said that they had arrested 13 people, including the suspect’s parents and the facilitator in the case.
The law enforcement agency identified the facilitator as the person who supplied the pistol to Abid. They had also shared that the kidnappers had taken the abducted girl to Kasur.