On Monday, the mastermind behind two high-profile kidnappings from Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA), surrendered himself before the court, Aamir Majeed reports for SAMAA.
Agha Mansoor Hussain, who was designated a proclaimed offender (PO) by the Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC), surrendered before a District East Judicial Magistrate on Monday.
Hussain was then placed on judicial remand and taken to jail.
Dua Mangi was kidnapped on November 30, 2019. The Karachi-based teenager, who was kidnapped from outside a restaurant in DHA was kidnapped for ransom. She returned home a week later.
Chief Minister (CM) Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah has ordered the arrest of policemen involved in the escape of a convicted criminal who was also accused of kidnapping Dua Mangi.
The accused, Zohaib Ali, fled from police custody. After learning about the incident, CM Shah has directed the inspector-general (IG) of police to arrest the accused.
The chief minister was told that Zohaib, along with four others accused, was brought before the court of Judicial Magistrate VII East on January 27, 2022. The accused had received the next date of hearing and was escorted back to the jail by the head constable, Naveed, and constable Zafar Habib, reports Geo News.
The report said that in involvement with Naveed, the accused used a private car to buy shoes from Tariq road and escaped from there due to the negligence of the head constable.
It may be noted that accused Zohaib is convicted in Dua Mangi case and has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment of three years with a fine of Rs20,000.
Dua Mangi was kidnapped on November 30, 2019. The Karachi-based teenager, who was kidnapped from outside a restaurant in Karachi’s DHA was kidnapped for ransom. She has returned home a week later.
Dua Mangi has identified the men who abducted her on November 30 last year before the court.The Karachi-based teenager, who was kidnapped from outside a restaurant in Karachi’s DHA was kidnapped for ransom. She has returned home a week later.
The hearing of the case was in the court of the Judicial Magistrate South, Karachi. At the beginning of the hearing, Dua identified the kidnappers who were presented before her in the court.
They were identified as Zohaib Qureshi and Muzaffar. Dua Mangi in her statement before the court said Zohaib and Muzaffar along with their partners had kidnapped her from outside a restaurant in Karachi.
On March 18, the police had arrested two accused from different areas in the country in Dua Mangi and Bisma kidnapping cases.
Additional IG Ghulam Nabi Memon confirmed that the five-member kidnappers’ gang that was behind Dua and Bisma’s kidnapping was led by an ousted police officer.
Taking action on the intelligence reports, the police conducted raids in different areas of the country and arrested the two suspects, he added.
Memon had said that the gang had taken cue for the kidnapping from movies.
The prime suspect in the Dua Mangi kidnapping case has reportedly been caught while trying to escape the country.
As per reports, the wanted suspect was caught while boarding an airplane from Islamabad Airport as he was trying to leave the country.
The suspect, Muddasir is one of the many wanted by the law enforcement agencies for his involvement in the high-profile kidnapping that took place last year.
Earlier on March 3, investigation agencies claimed a major breakthrough in the investigations of kidnapping incidents of two girls, Bisma and Dua in Karachi.
Investigation agencies have traced the gang involved in two kidnapping incidents, sources said adding that the agencies have also traced three hideouts of the alleged abductors in the city.
Dua Mangi was kidnapped on November 30th, 2019. Though she was set free by her kidnappers after a few days, a lot of misinformation and conspiracy theories had spread on social media about the incident.
Mangi recently took to social media to clear all assumptions that the media had spread.
In a detailed post on Facebook she wrote, “I’m so tired of all the misinformation and conspiracy theories revolving around my case. I will address these questions once and for all and then I’d appreciate it if you all stop talking crap because all this emotionally and mentally drains me.”
She answered all the questions everyone has been asking her.
Why haven’t you been helping with the case?
This is a high profile case and I’m not allowed to disclose any information. but I have been doing everything I can to make sure the perpetrators get caught.
How were you able to come back home safe and unharmed?
I was kidnapped for ransom. They let me go after the ransom exchange. This is literally what kidnapping for ransom is like.
Why didn’t your family cooperate with the forces?
My family did cooperate with them and is still cooperating. Please stop assuming and believing everything that’s said on sensationalist social media pages.
Were you kidnapped for personal reasons?
No, it was a random pick up. it could’ve happened to anyone.
