“The allegations levelled against my son are fabricated. I have asked him to immediately reach Gulberg police station and become part of the investigation,” Punjab’s Minister for Housing Mehmoodur Rasheed said, while speaking at a press conference.
LAHORE: The vehicle, stopped by two cops in Lahore before their kidnapping, belongs to the son of Punjab Minister for Housing Mehmoodur Rasheed, police said Thursday.
Unknown men had abducted two policemen in Lahore on Wednesday after the duty cops had stopped a vehicle in Ghalib Market area with a girl and a boy present inside, according to police.
The young man present in the car was said to be intoxicated.
The girl had telephoned her accomplices who reached the spot in two vehicles and kidnapped the two policemen, according to the first information report (FIR) of the incident.
Later, the girl and the boy had fled away in their vehicle.
Police said the vehicle, which was initially stopped, belongs to Mehmoodur Rasheed’s son.
The law enforcers have booked five people, including the girl, for kidnapping the cops.
Meanwhile, Rasheed rejected the allegations against his son, terming them “fabricated.”
“The allegations levelled against my son are fabricated. I have asked him to immediately reach Gulberg police station and become part of the investigation,” the provincial minister said, while speaking at a press conference.
He said that if his son or anyone has committed an offence, then they must punished as per the law.
Rasheed vowed to fully cooperate with police in investigation of the event.
The Case Background:
Provincial Minister for Housing Mehmood ur Rasheed’s son was caught allegedly doing some indecent activities on Thursday.
A FIR has been registered against him for threatening police and interfering in police matters.
Media reports said that Mehmood ur Rasheed’s son Hassan Rasheed was allegedly seen doing some immoral stuff with a girl in his car at Ghalib Market area of Lahore.
When the police tried interrogating him, the accused threatened them. The police officials were even kidnapped and released in some other area.
When the matter came into the attention of police authorities, a case was registered against Hassan Rasheed.
Media reports further said that when the car was checked, it turned out that it was registered in the name of the minister Mehmood ur Rasheed.
Mehmood ur Rasheed has in a press conference denied these allegations and asked for a neutral inquiry while admitting the car being his.