Pakistan

Four gas company employees abducted in Bannu

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BANNU: At least four Sui Northern Gas company (SNGPL) employees were kidnapped by armed men along with their vehicle from Bannu-Miranshah Road near the Baka Khel area of Bannu on Friday night.

The employees, who were en route to Syedgai after loading diesel, were ambushed by armed men and taken captive. The abductors have released a video featuring the hostages.

In a video, the hostage described their names and how they were kidnapped stating, “I, Enayat, and Saleem were going to Syedgai after loading diesel in the vehicle when armed men kidnapped us,” employees said. “We were blindfolded with cloth bands, and they carried us with them.”

“We don’t know, which area and place is this. We request the government to accept their demands to get us free from them,” an abductee said in a video.

The hostages have appealed to the government to meet the kidnappers’ demands to secure their release.

Staff Reporter

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