RAWALPINDI- More than 40 armed men stormed into the premises of tehsil courts in Murree on Wednesday and kidnapped a newly married couple on gunpoint, informed sources.
However, Murree police managed to free the woman identified as Qurat Ul Ain from the clutches of kidnappers, they said.
City Police Officer (CPO) Muhammad Ahsan Younas has taken notice of the incident and ordered police to recover the abductee and arrest the kidnappers, according to a police spokesman. Six suspects were arrested by police, he said.
According to sources, a man namely Nauman (26) contracted court marriage with Qurat Ul Ain (20) and the couple appeared before a court for recording their statements under 164 CrPC.
More than 40 relatives of the woman having weapons in their hands stormed into premises of tehsil courts where they got hold of the woman and dragged her towards a vehicle. A police team came into action and obtained the release of girl from kidnappers. In the meanwhile, another armed group kidnapped Nauman and shifted him to some unknown location, they said. Meanwhile, CPO Muhammad Ahsan Younas has ordered police to arrest the kidnappers and to recover the abducted person, said a police spokesman. He said six suspects were nabbed by police.
He said the woman was sent to Darul Aman. “Several teams have been constituted by CPO which are carrying out raids to arrest the kidnappers,” he said.