Sarabjit's lawyer, son released after brief abduction

May 16, 2013 14:10

And some good news: Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his son were abducted and briefly held by unidentified men in an area near the border with India.

Sheikh and his son Shahrukh had gone to a village near Burki Hudaira area this morning to buy land for a farmhouse. Two men riding a motorcycle, who were wearing police uniforms, intercepted them, said Haroon, another son of Sheikh.

The lawyer and his son were bundled into a pick-up truck and taken to an unknown location, Haroon told the police. About an hour-and-half later, Sheikh and his son were dumped beside a highway by the kidnappers.

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