Published on: September 5, 2025 3:39 AM
Ten people were kidnapped and three others were injured after multiple vehicles were attacked by bandits on the Sukkur-Multan motorway in Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan district on Thursday morning, various officials confirmed.
For decades, dozens of bandit gangs armed with sophisticated weaponry have operated with impunity in northern Sindh as well as southern Punjab. Kidnappings for ransom, extortion rackets, brutal killings and robberies on major highways occur on a daily basis.
South Punjab Additional Inspector General of Police (IG) Kamran Khan told that between 20 and 25 suspects attacked vehicles on the motorway. “Three people were injured in the incident,” he said. “Two of them suffered minor injuries, so they were discharged. One remains admitted in hospital with gunshot wounds to the waist and leg.”
Additional IG Khan added that 10 people were abducted from the scene by the suspects and that no money or valuables were stolen.
Sheikh Zayed Medical College Hospital (SZMCH) spokesperson Rana Ilyas Ahmed confirmed to the media that three injured people were admitted to the facility. He later said that two of the injured had been discharged, while one was “receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the leg”.
“The injured were aboard the same coach and hail from Sheikhupura,” Ilyas said. Rahim Yar Khan police spokesperson Sub-Inspector Zeeshan Randhawa told the media that the incident took place on Thursday morning, but did not confirm any injuries or fatalities.
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