LAHORE – A *Desperate attempt foiled to kidnap senior FIA Officer inLahore, Media Report has revealed. *
A group of kidnappers attempted to kidnap a serving officer of the FederalInvestigation Agency (FIA) in Johar Town here on Saturday.
Mian Saqib, an Assistant Director of FIA’s Cyber Crime Wing, was on his wayto drop his children off to school when his car was intercepted by athree-member gang on Canal road, Pakistan Today has reported.
The kidnappers tried to abduct Saqib and shift him into their car but theyfailed since the car’s door was locked. Saqib’s window, however, was rolleddown and allowed the kidnappers to reach out for his car keys and try todrag him out of the window.
At this point, Saqib started honking his car’s horn which attracted theattention of passersby, who then surrounded the vehicle while the abductorsmanaged to escape.
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After the incident, Saqib lodged a First Information Report (FIR) at JoharTown police station. Police lodged the FIR under Section 506 of thePakistan Penal Code, 1860 which pertains to cases of threats and does notdeal with ‘kidnappings’.
“Mian Saqib was on his way to school to drop his children when kidnappersattacked him,” said an FIA officer seeking anonymity.
