Samrat Kumar from Kandhkot Pakistan kidnapped

The court had taken notice of a video that had gone viral on the social media last week showing the boy, Samrat Kumar, in custody of a gang of dacoits. The video was believed to have been uploaded by the gang to mount pressure on the boy’s family and relatives to pay ransom.

The court ordered Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon to ensure safe recovery of the toddler within three days and submit his report. The deadline was to expire on Sunday night and the IGP was supposed to file his report on Monday morning.

Several hundred people, mainly members of the Hindu community living in Kandhkot, along with activists of various nationalist groups, some political parties and civil society organisations, had gathered at the residence of the affected family when the provincial police broke the news about safe recovery of the boy in the late hours of Sunday.
Samrat Kumar had gone missing nine days ago while playing in the street of Mirzapur, a densely populated locality of Kandhkot. His parents and relatives had told the police that armed criminals riding a motorcycle had kidnapped and taken him away into the gangs-infested riverine area. Since then they had been passing sleepless nights. After five days, when the area police failed to even find a clue to the boy or his kidnappers, the Hindu Punchayat on Friday pitched a protest camp at Ghanta Ghar in Kandhkot. Elites of the district and many activists of political parties, nationalist groups and civil society organisations kept visiting the camp in groups until Sunday evening. The elites included the most influential figure of the district, Teghu Khan Teghani.

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