Police close in on UK boy's abductors
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March 8, 2010, Monday
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PAKISTAN police are closing in on the kidnappers of a five-year-old British boy, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said yesterday, adding that the abductors may be close to the boy's family.
Sahil Saeed, who is of Pakistani origin, was abducted last Thursday after gunmen barged into the house of a relative, held the family at gun-point for hours and then left with some valuables and the boy.
"We have certain leads which we would not like to disclose but a warning to those abductors: leave the boy because we are very near to you," Malik told reporters in the city of Jhelum after meeting the boy's father.
Kidnapping is a major problem in Pakistan and many go unreported.
No sign has emerged that the abduction of the boy, who is from Oldham, was linked to militants.
Police in Jhelum said last week the gunmen took away 150,000 rupees (US$1,750) and some gold and later demanded a 10-million-rupee ransom.
The kidnappers had been tipped off that the boy and his father were planning to fly home to Britain on Thursday after visiting relatives in Pakistan, police said.
Police said they suspected a taxi driver who was supposed to take the boy and his father to the airport might have had links with the gang. The driver was taken into custody.
Malik said the abductors appeared to have links with the family. "There is someone who is very close to the family because the way the situation has happened, the way the entry was made, the way the conduct was done during the whole operation," he said.
Sahil Saeed, who is of Pakistani origin, was abducted last Thursday after gunmen barged into the house of a relative, held the family at gun-point for hours and then left with some valuables and the boy.
"We have certain leads which we would not like to disclose but a warning to those abductors: leave the boy because we are very near to you," Malik told reporters in the city of Jhelum after meeting the boy's father.
Kidnapping is a major problem in Pakistan and many go unreported.
No sign has emerged that the abduction of the boy, who is from Oldham, was linked to militants.
Police in Jhelum said last week the gunmen took away 150,000 rupees (US$1,750) and some gold and later demanded a 10-million-rupee ransom.
The kidnappers had been tipped off that the boy and his father were planning to fly home to Britain on Thursday after visiting relatives in Pakistan, police said.
Police said they suspected a taxi driver who was supposed to take the boy and his father to the airport might have had links with the gang. The driver was taken into custody.
Malik said the abductors appeared to have links with the family. "There is someone who is very close to the family because the way the situation has happened, the way the entry was made, the way the conduct was done during the whole operation," he said.
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