- Victim kidnapped at gunpoint outside Islamabad residence.
- Main suspect, accomplice arrested in Swat.
- Police recover the vehicle used in the kidnapping.
ISLAMABAD: The body of a young man kidnapped from Islamabad’s F-6 area was found in Mardan, police said on Tuesday, adding that the victim appeared to have been subjected to torture.
According to police, the body has been shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), where an autopsy is expected to take place.
The deceased was identified by his family as 30-year-old Farrukh Afzal. His family said he was kidnapped in front of his father, adding that the kidnappers opened fire when they tried to resist.
Talk to PK Press Club Newsa relative of the victim said that when Afzal arrived home late at night around 12:04 a.m. and was getting out of his car, just then three people tried to kidnap him.
“A neighbor called [police]and his parents came out of their house after hearing his screams, but the armed kidnappers took him away,” he said, asserting that the boy could have been saved if the police had acted at that time and placed roadblocks.
“However, no action was taken, which is why such an incident took place in the safe city of Islamabad, especially in a place like F-6/1, which is close to the red zone,” he said, raising the question of how armed people can kidnap a boy in Islamabad and kill him in Mardan.
Meanwhile, police said, the kidnapping took place when the victim was returning home and opened the gate of his house in F-6/1 area of Islamabad, where four armed men forcibly took him into a vehicle after firing shots.
A first information report (FIR) was registered at the Kohsar police station following the complaint of the victim’s father.
According to the FIR, the complainant rushed outside after hearing noise around midnight and saw four to five unidentified individuals abducting his son. When he and his neighbors tried to intervene, the suspects opened fire and fled with the victim.
Police said the main suspect, along with an accomplice, was arrested in Swat, while the vehicle used in the kidnapping was also recovered.
Authorities said investigations were underway from multiple angles and efforts were underway to track down additional suspects involved in the incident.
