Three FC men, four bank employees recovered from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s DI Khan

Seven hostages, including three personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) and security guards from a private bank, were safely recovered after being abducted in separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district.

According to Khyber News, the release was secured without any conditions, thanks to the efforts of the Tank Security Committee.

The ordeal began on August 11 when suspected militants kidnapped three FC personnel from the Kot Azam area. Prior to this, on July 9, four security guards from a private bank were also abducted. The abductions created widespread concern and prompted several local protests.

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On September 1, families of the kidnapped bank guards staged a protest outside the residence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

They demanded the immediate return of their loved ones and threatened self-immolation if their demands were not met.

In a separate incident, on August 28, a senior army officer and his two brothers were abducted by suspected militants in DI Khan district.

The three were attending a gathering at a mosque in Mohalla Khadr Khel, Kalachi tehsil, to receive condolences for their father's death. The officer's brothers include one employed at the Cantonment Board Head Office in Rawalpindi and the other with the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).

The suspected militants forcibly took them while they were engaged with mourners.

In another similar incident in DI Khan, Shakirullah Marwat, the district and sessions judge of South Waziristan, was recovered in April.

The Dera Ismail Khan CTD said the abductee reached home safely after being recovered ‘unconditionally’. Information Adviser to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif later confirmed the judge’s safe recovery.