Sikh trader kidnapped from outside house near Peshawar
25 Jan 2013 7:52 AM IST
A member of the minority Sikh community was kidnapped from an area on the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan, according to media reports.
Ranbir Singh was standing outside his house in Quaidabad, a suburb of Peshawar, when unidentified armed men seized him and took him away in a car on Monday night.
Singh was a trader and had a shop in Karkhano Market of Peshawar, media reports said. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction.
Earlier this month, Mohindar Singh, another Sikh trader from Jogan Shah area of Peshawar, was killed by militants in Khyber Agency. Mohinder was kidnapped in November.
Tawheedul Islam, a militant group, claimed responsibility for beheading Mohinder. A note left with the body said he was killed for spying for a rival militant group, the Lashkar-e-Islam.
Mohinder Singh, 40, was a seller of herbal medicines, a trade that is common among Sikhs in northwest Pakistan. Sikhs have lived in Khyber Agency and other parts of the semi-autonomous tribal areas for over six decades.
PAK HOLDING 700 WITHOUT TRIAL: LAW OFFICER
Pakistani security agencies are holding at least 700 people indefinitely without trial in connection with the ‘war on terror’, the country's top law officer informed the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Attorney General Irfan Qadir made the disclosure before a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that was hearing the case of seven men detained without charge by intelligence agencies since May 2010.
Qadir said the 700 suspects were arrested in the lawless tribal belt, where the army has been fighting the Taliban and other militant groups.
He said the suspects could not be freed till operations end in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a semi-autonomous zone bordering Afghanistan.
‘There are about 700 people detained in the tribal areas and they cannot be released until the ongoing military operation in those regions concludes...The detained men can be handed over to authorities only after the operation is halted in the tribal regions,’ he said.
Qadir did not say how long the people had been in custody. The apex court expressed dissatisfaction over a report submitted by the Secretary of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on the seven men who have been detained without charge.
On Monday, the Chief Justice had directed intelligence agencies to release the seven men if they were unable by present evidence against them but they continue to be in custody. The seven men were part of a group of 11 who were first arrested in November 2007 on terrorism charges.
Ranbir Singh was standing outside his house in Quaidabad, a suburb of Peshawar, when unidentified armed men seized him and took him away in a car on Monday night.
Singh was a trader and had a shop in Karkhano Market of Peshawar, media reports said. No group claimed responsibility for the abduction.
Earlier this month, Mohindar Singh, another Sikh trader from Jogan Shah area of Peshawar, was killed by militants in Khyber Agency. Mohinder was kidnapped in November.
Tawheedul Islam, a militant group, claimed responsibility for beheading Mohinder. A note left with the body said he was killed for spying for a rival militant group, the Lashkar-e-Islam.
Mohinder Singh, 40, was a seller of herbal medicines, a trade that is common among Sikhs in northwest Pakistan. Sikhs have lived in Khyber Agency and other parts of the semi-autonomous tribal areas for over six decades.
PAK HOLDING 700 WITHOUT TRIAL: LAW OFFICER
Pakistani security agencies are holding at least 700 people indefinitely without trial in connection with the ‘war on terror’, the country's top law officer informed the Supreme Court on Thursday.
Attorney General Irfan Qadir made the disclosure before a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry that was hearing the case of seven men detained without charge by intelligence agencies since May 2010.
Qadir said the 700 suspects were arrested in the lawless tribal belt, where the army has been fighting the Taliban and other militant groups.
He said the suspects could not be freed till operations end in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a semi-autonomous zone bordering Afghanistan.
‘There are about 700 people detained in the tribal areas and they cannot be released until the ongoing military operation in those regions concludes...The detained men can be handed over to authorities only after the operation is halted in the tribal regions,’ he said.
Qadir did not say how long the people had been in custody. The apex court expressed dissatisfaction over a report submitted by the Secretary of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas on the seven men who have been detained without charge.
On Monday, the Chief Justice had directed intelligence agencies to release the seven men if they were unable by present evidence against them but they continue to be in custody. The seven men were part of a group of 11 who were first arrested in November 2007 on terrorism charges.
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