| Kidnappers have demanded one million pounds for the release of prominent filmmaker and distributor Satesh Anand, who was kidnapped from Karachi on October 20. Law enforcement agencies have so far been unable to ascertain Anand's whereabouts, and sources privy to the investigation told Daily Times Taliban might be involved. Anand's family received two phone calls demanding ransom -- one traced to Quetta and the other to Bannu -- asking them to submit the money in an Egyptian bank account. Anti-Violent Crime Unit SSP Farooq Awan denied the calls had been made and said it was unclear if the case is of abduction for ransom. |