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| Who picked up Laljee and why? |
| 2010-06-02 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] In the Geo News programme "Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Saath, the host Kamran Khan in his report said that President Asif Ali Zardari's close friend and industrialist Riaz Laljee had mysteriously resurfaced after his mysterious disappearance. It is yet to be revealed as to who had picked him up and why. What was the motive behind the incident? These questions are still unanswered. But it appears that the message that was to be passed on had landed at the set target, Kamran Khan said. Giving details of the incident he said many aspects of the abduction of Riaz Laljee are still not clear and there answers are not available. It remains a major problem and posed a challenge for the government. The abduction cases are common in the country, especially in Karachi where one or two persons are lifted every week that includes businessmen and children. This however creates no significant panic or disturbances as was witnessed after the abduction of Laljee. The Federal Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik, himself dashed to Karachi on board the first available flight. According to reports President Asif Ali Zardari himself curtailed his stay in Dubai and rushed to Karachi. That forced the entire security force to launch a massive hunt to nab the people who had picked up Riaz Laljee. It is learnt that Riaz Laljee had not surfaced after the efforts of the security and sensitive agencies but the abductors had themselves released him. How he was set free? To whom credit goes, the interior minister had whole-heartedly praised the Sindh government, the Sindh Police and explained the importance of CCTV cameras. He also lauded the services of ISI and IB. But question remains as to who were the abductors of Riaz Laljee and why their identity could not be established? It also remains to explain as to what was the objective of Riaz laljee's abduction and why their identity could not be established. What was the objective of abduction and how it became possible that the abductors were informed about his arrival in Karachi early in the morning at 4.30 on board PK 214 from Dubai? It appears that the abductors were aware about the whole programme and not only easily picked him up but kept in their custody for 24 hours. Nobody knows what happened with Laljee during those 24 hours, where and under what conditions he was kept, to what extent he was interrogated and what was extracted from him? It is also a mystery as to what purpose of the abduction was told to Laljee? There is no clue as to who had abducted him and what was their objective. Although the Federal Interior Minister is giving credit of his recovery to the Sindh interior ministry, ISI and IB but it was not revealed as to who were the abductors of Riaz Laljee and where they had evaporated. Why ransom was not demanded or any other demand was put forth if he was abducted? If the abductors could know his flight number, destination and timings then they may also be knowing as to who Riaz laljee was and also the extent of his influence in the present government? He was released after being kept in confinement for 24 hours. Both his disappearance and surfacing were a mystery. No answers to these questions are available. So these questions and suspicions remain there and the impression is not clear that the message the abductors wanted to pass on had landed at the appropriate quarter. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 :: nods :: It is a puzzlement. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2010-06-02 01:37 |