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British child recovered; infant kidnapped in Pindi for ransom

Posted by on Mar 11th, 2010 and filed under SOUTH ASIA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

An official said police were striving to trace the kidnappers and recover the boy.

RAWALPINDI: Police in Pakistan have dismissed reports that British boy who was kidnapped last week has been released.

Five-year-old British boy Sahil Saeed was seized by an armed gang while staying with relatives in Jhelum (Pakistan) last week.

Punjab’s Law Minister, Rana Sanaullah has been reported as saying the boy was found on Wednesday and has been handed over to his father.

While robbers kidnapped an infant son of a man who had recently returned from Saudi Arabia and demanded a huge ransom for his release.

According to sources, the robbers barged into the house of Amir Hameed in Rawalpindi on Monday and held six-month-old Hamza Hameed at gunpoint and demanded jewellery and cash.

The two robbers remained in the house for more than 24 hours and escaped on Tuesday morning with the boy, jewellery and other valuables. They also took away the boy’s nappies and feeder and demanded a ransom of Rs10 million.

An official said police were striving to trace the kidnappers and recover the boy.

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