Armed outlaws in Pakistan’s Punjab province kidnapped three Hindus and issued an ultimatum, demanding the discharge of their accomplices from police custody.
The incident passed off within the Bhong space of Rahim Yar Khan district, round 400 kilometers southwest of Lahore, on Wednesday.
The victims, recognized as Shaman, Shameer, and Sajan, have been close to the Chowk Sawetra Fundamental Well being Unit (BHU) in Bhong when 5 armed dacoits kidnapped them at gunpoint and took them to the Katcha riverine space, a area infamous for prison exercise.
In a video launched later by the outlaws’ ringleader Ashiq Korai, the gang threatened Ahmedpur Lama police station officer Rana Ramzan, warning that if Korai’s 10 relations weren’t freed, the kidnapped youths could be killed.
The gang additionally threatened to assault the police. The video confirmed the kidnapped Hindus in chains, pleading for his or her launch.
The incident reveals the continuing lawlessness within the Katcha space, a riverine belt spanning elements of southern Punjab and Sindh provinces. Regardless of a number of operations, authorities have struggled to curb the facility of those prison gangs, who ceaselessly have interaction in kidnappings for ransom and goal minority Hindu communities to stress authorities into compliance.
Final yr, the area witnessed a lethal assault on police, with 12 officers killed and 7 injured when dacoits ambushed two police automobiles in the identical district.
