MARDAN: Two boys kidnapped in Mardan

Published January 28, 2007

MARDAN, Jan 27: Two teenage boys were kidnapped in different localities of the city on Saturday. Three people, including a woman, kidnapped a student of a primary school in Hoti locality.

Witnesses said the kidnappers carrying fire arms put Hasnian Ahmad, son of Farman Ali, in their vehicle and drove to unknown location.

In another incident, armed men kidnapped a college student, Sajjad Ali, son of Ali Sher, in the college chowk area of the city.

The kidnapped boy is a resident of Sultanabad.

Police registered a case against the unidentified kidnappers.

The growing incidents of kidnappings have caused a sense of insecurity among the residents.

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