Kidnapping of Sahil Saeed
kidnapped British child
Mohammad Sahil Saeed (Urdu: ساحل سعید; born 9 November 2004) is a British boy of Pakistani heritage, born in Oldham, who was kidnapped in the evening of 4 March 2010 in Jhelum, Pakistan. According to Saeed's father Raja Saeed, four armed men took Saeed along with cash and jewellery from their house shortly before they were planning to fly back to Greater Manchester, where the family have lived for seven years. Later the kidnappers demanded a ransom equivalent to £100,000. Saeed and his father were visiting family in Pakistan, although Saeed's mother and two younger sisters were at home in Shaw and Crompton.
Investigation
It was believed that someone in the family may have been involved in the kidnapping, however, Saeed's father rejected this. Six suspects were arrested during the raids carried out by Pakistani police on that night including a taxi driver who was hired to take Sahil Saeed and his father Raja Saeed to the airport for their return flight to the United Kingdom. There was speculation that corrupt police officers may have been involved in the incident.
The law enforcement operation to find the captors after Saeed's release took place across four countries (Pakistan, the United Kingdom, France and Spain) and involved monitoring the suspects' telephones.
Reaction
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani telephoned the parents of the boy on the 6 March 2010 to assure them that the government would make an all out effort to rescue the child. while Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the incident was "humiliating" after visiting the family.
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