Bahawalpur Police Recover Kidnapped Child's Body

The police recovered body of a little boy who was kidnapped by a relative for ransom in Chani Goth area and later he was murdered

BAHAWALPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jan, 2019 ) :The police recovered body of a little boy who was kidnapped by a relative for ransom in Chani Goth area and later he was murdered.

The police sources said that 10-year-old boy, Ahsan left his home in Chani Goth to play with other boys but he did not return to his home.

Later, his parents received phone calls and the caller asked them to pay ransom in return of their son.

"The father of the abducted boy informed police in this regard who traced out the location of mobile phone set with the help of modern technology, from where the caller had phoned the parents," they said.

The police arrested the cousin of the boy who confessed before police that he had murdered the little boy and dumped his body at a place. The police reached the site and recovered the body. The accused told police that he murdered the boy after his parents did not pay ransom.

Ahsan was student of class fifth. The body was shifted to hospital for postmortem which later was handed over to the heirs.

The police have lodged a case against the accused. Further probe was underway.