DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Three Rescue 1122 officials were abducted by unidentified armed suspects near Safdar village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district on Thursday evening, police and administrative sources said.
Deputy Commissioner Tanveer Ahmad confirmed the incident, while officials said further investigation was under way.
According to officials, the incident took place within the jurisdiction of Syed Mureed Akbar police station, where suspected kidnappers had set up a roadside roadblock and intercepted the Rescue 1122 team. The gunmen reportedly held the personnel at gunpoint and abducted them to an unknown location.
The abducted officials were identified as senior in-charge Waqar Alam, clerk Mudassar and driver Iftikhar. Sources said the suspects also took away the team’s private car.
A contingent of police reached the site soon after the incident and cordoned off the area. A search operation was launched to find the abducted personnel and trace the suspects.
Last month, four road construction workers, including excavator operators, were abducted by armed suspects in the Peer Mela area of KP’s Tirah Valley.
Local sources said the kidnapped men included two excavator operators and as many labourers, who were working on levelling the land for the construction of a link road when armed suspects abducted them at gunpoint. They added that the abducted workers had been taken to an unknown location.
According to sources, three of the abducted men belonged to Balochistan.
