Karachi. On Saturday, armed men abducted 20 trainee police officers from the police training center in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province. According to the police, all the trainees were taking training at a police training center in Kalat district. After the incident, security forces have started a large-scale operation to search for the kidnapped policemen. Till now no organization or person has taken responsibility for this kidnapping incident.
Bus targeted on Quetta-Karachi highway
According to a senior police officer, all the trainee police officers were going to their homes for weekend leave. Meanwhile, armed men riding a motorcycle stopped his bus on the Quetta-Karachi highway near Mastung. The attackers forced the driver to take the bus with them. After this the attackers left the bus driver and three other civilians on board, but took 20 trainee police officers with them.
Whose hand behind the kidnapping is not known yet?
Police said that till now no organization or person has taken responsibility for this incident. However, this incident has happened at a time when Pakistani security forces are conducting operations based on intelligence information against banned separatist organizations and banned terrorist organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Balochistan. At present, security agencies are busy locating the kidnapped policemen.
There was a major attack on policemen in July also
Security forces have been targeted in Balochistan before also. In July, terrorists had attacked at least 3 places in the province. 27 policemen were killed in the attack on the police check post located at Mangi Dam in Ziarat. According to the report, the terrorists first killed 9 policemen at the check post and then abducted 18 others. Later their bodies were found in the hilly area of Jargun near Ziarat. Let us tell you that in February, Baloch rebels had claimed to have killed 400 Pakistani soldiers.
23 people were kidnapped last month
Last month also, 23 people were kidnapped from a check post located on the highway in Kalat, Balochistan. After this, the security forces launched an operation and killed 5 terrorists and rescued all the 23 kidnapped people safely. Such continuous incidents have raised concerns about the safety of civilians and security forces in the province. Let us tell you that Balochistan is a province of Pakistan, which shares its border with Afghanistan. There has been an increase in incidents of kidnapping and attacks here in the last few years.