BAHAWALPUR: The Lodhran City police claim to have foiled an alleged attempt by 17 people to kidnap two married women and the minor son of one of them from their house at Jeewan Chowk on Saturday and arrested 12 of the suspects, including a woman.

Imran Talha, the PRO of DPO Lodhran, said that according to the complaint of victim women, Salma Bibi and Shabana Bibi, they were married. Due to torture, mistreatment and murder threats by their husbands they had left their homes about a month ago.

The women said their parents were also forcing them to live with their husbands but they preferred to leave them. They hired a house in Lodhran city and started living there.

They alleged their husbands had sent the 17 armed people to kidnap them.

Earlier, one Kaniz Bibi along with 16 accomplices tried to kidnap Salma, her minor son, Ahmed, and fellow woman Shabana. The suspects attempted to bundle both the victims into two cars.

On receiving a complaint, police responded timely and arrested 12 of the suspects, including Kaniz, Ghulam Shabeer and Muhammad Riaz. Five others managed to flee in the narrow streets of the locality.

Imran Talha said City police had registered a first information report against the suspects and arrested 12 of them.

Source: Dawn