GUJRANWALA – A group of kidnappers was taken into custody on Sunday by police, who trapped young men through social media accounts and then abducted them for ransom.
As per police reports, the accused group created fake profiles of women on social media and lured them for a meeting, after which they would kidnap young men and order a ransom from their families.
The police arrested two of the group’s members in a raid that had taken place after one of the family members of the victims had filed a complaint.
Moreover, the police said that the victim identified as Salman was a resident of People’s Colony in the city and was asked to meet the accused kidnappers Fasial and Mohsin at Iqbal Park, through the deceiving tactics.
After they abducted Salman, their family was contacted for a ransom, but they reported the incident to the police instead.
The police had tracked down the kidnappers from the phone number they had used to order a ransom from Salman’s family.
The indicted individuals were taken into custody amid an ongoing investigation to trace the other members of the group.
