Gojranawala: Couple held over kidnapping for ransom

GOJRANAWALA: Police have arrested a couple over kidnapping of a five year old child for ransom and also recovered a sum of Rs3,00,000, the ransom money on Monday here, Geo News reported.

DSP CIA Tahir Gujar told media that the accused were arrested from Sherakot in Lahore by tracing the telephone number of the kidnappers. The accused were the tenant of the kidnapped Sufian.

The accused Javed and his wife Shahida confessing the crime told that they wanted the money for the marriage of their daughters.

Police have also taken into custody the accused couple’s sons Zeeshan, 9 and Irfan, 4, while Zeeshan said that he had asked the parents not to do so.