Sarabjit's lawyer says his kidnappers were Pashto-speaking
May 17, 2013  11:33
Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, has told police that the armed men who abducted him and his son were "Pashto-speaking".

According to the FIR registered by police, Sheikh and his son Shahrukh were intercepted by four to five men travelling in a red pick-up truck and a motorcycle yesterday morning. The armed men then bundled them into the pick-up.

Sheikh said the kidnappers did not talk to him or his son while they were in captivity. The men, who were armed with sophisticated weapons, assaulted Sheikh and dumped him on Sheikhupura Road, 40 km from Lahore.

The abductors did not harm Shahrukh and dumped him several kilometres from the point where his father was thrown out of the pick-up. Sheikh told police that the kidnappers were wearing 'shalwar-kameez' and were fluent in Pashto. They also spoke Urdu.
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