CJ’s Son, 11 suspects arrested in connection with kidnapping

An eight-member committee was formed on Tuesday in the wake of kidnapping of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah’s son from a supermarket in Karachi a day earlier. “How it is possible that four men with their faces covered and equipped with heavy weapons kidnap a person from the courtyard of a shopping centre at 2.30pm and the police and the other agencies don’t know the matter until the victim’s family points it out”, he questioned and said, “It is quite surprising and painful”.

The officer also criticized locals for not filing complaints over continuous criminal activities in the metropolis.

Investigation revealed that Awais Sajjad Shah was abducted after full recce as the kidnappers in a white auto with SP 0586 number started following him from Sindh High Court (SHC) till shopping mall in Clifton.

The security personnel had recovered the mobile data of SHC CJ’s son for further process.

According to eye witnesses’ accounts, Owais was taken away by men in white shalwar qameez.

Security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media, said they suspected the kidnappers would offer to free Shah in return for the release of captured militants.

Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has taken the notice of the incident and ordered the authorities concerned to recover the son of Sindh High Court’s CJP.

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari also voiced concerns over the abduction of Owais Ali Shah and directed Sindh Chief Minister to form a joint investigation team to retrieve Justice Sajjad Ali Shah’s son. The phone call, made a few days before the kidnapping, is said to have been made from Afghan Taliban and the caller forewarned of dire consequences if death penalties handed to convicts in Safoora massacre were not overturned.

Shahbaz Taseer, the son of former slain Punjab governor, Salman Taseer was recovered in March from the Baluchistan province after spending five years in captivity.