SHERGARH - The locals foiled a bid by six armed men to kidnap a young girl from Chah Daraan Wali, a suburban village, in the remit of Shergarh Police here the other day.
Muhammad Abbas, son of Muhammad Sadiq, a resident of Chah Daran Wali, told the police that six armed men of the same locality entered his house and kidnapped his daughter at gunpoint. He raised alarm upon which the neighbours and other people of the village gathered at the scene and rescued the girl from the clutches of the culprits. He said that the accused tried to kidnap his daughter because one of the accused namely Iqbal suspected that his (Abbas) son Javed had kidnapped his daughter.
On his complaint, the police have registered a case against Iqbal, Aslam, Akram, Arif, Liaqat and Amanat.