On Sunday, police reported that they had arrested over a dozen individuals during an operation and that they had obtained evidence that might help them find two children who had been kidnapped from the Garden neighborhood of Karachi.
Ali Raza, age six, and Aliyan, also known as Ali, age five, vanished in the Garden neighborhood on Tuesday. CCTV footage showed that a man and woman on a motorcycle had whisked them away, according to South Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza.
In response to Aliyan’s mother Zainab Younus’s complaint, Garden police filed a first information report (FIR) under Section 364A of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) (kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of 14) and Section 3 of the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act, 2018.
In order to find the two missing lads, a combing and search operation was conducted under the direction of city Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Arif Aziz. Lady constables, intelligence personnel, and station house officers (SHOs) from Garden, Nabi Bux, Kalakot, Chakiwara, Kalri, and other police stations participated in the operation.
The city police spokesperson stated, “19 suspects were detained and moved to a police station during the search operation.” The suspects were being questioned, he said.
SSP Aziz stated that the children would be reunited with their parents as soon as possible, adding that “certain evidence has been obtained, which may help the police to recover the children very soon.”
A separate reward of Rs300,000 has been offered by the police for any information pertaining to the missing boys.
A seven-year-old boy was discovered dead in the subterranean water tank of a residential complex close to his home in Karachi a day ago after going missing for more than a week.
Mohammed Sarim disappeared on January 7 after attending a madrassah for instruction close to his home in North Karachi. According to reports, the family was called for ransom to free him.
Sarim’s body, however, was found in a water tank at the Anam Apartments in New Karachi, according to a statement from the Bilal Colony police.
A non-governmental organization that advocates for children’s rights, Sahil, released a study in August that stated that 1,630 incidences of child abuse were reported nationwide in 2024.
862 child sexual assault instances, 668 kidnapping cases, 82 missing child cases, and 18 child marriage cases were reported in the first half of 2024.
The six-month data revealed that, of the total number of incidents reported, girls made up 592 percent of the victims, while boys made up 668 percent.
