Information About Incident 64177-129593-328564 in Rajan Pur Pakistan

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Separately, armed gangsters belonging to Chhoto Mazari group resorted to rocket attacks and injured three Police constable and held hostage nine Police officials of two check posts in the riverside of the Indus in Rajanpur District, reported Dawn.

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Separately, armed gangsters belonging to Chhoto Mazari group resorted to rocket attacks and injured three Police constable and held hostage nine Police officials of two check posts in the riverside of the Indus in Rajanpur District, reported Dawn. Retired Police Inspector Muhammad Azam Khan told Dawn that his nephew, Constable Ghulam Yaseen who was deployed at one of the posts, told him through his cell phone that he with eight others had been held hostage by a gang. He said one of the alleged gangsters had talked to the brother of Ghulam Yaseen that their negotiations were going on with Police authorities. He said the gangster had put up some demands to the Police in exchange for the release of the officials. The caller, however, did not explain their demands. The Indus Kacha area and Rajanpur rugged mountainous area are the safe havens for gangs involved in kidnapping-for-ransom.

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64177-129593-328564 7/8/2013 Pakistan Death toll rises to five in Punjab

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