The victim, identified as Atif Aslam, was reportedly picked up by plainclothes officers from the University Road area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal on March 30. Shockingly, the officers also confiscated Atif's car during the abduction.
Sources suggest that Atif was subjected to four hours of brutal torture at an undisclosed location. Initially, the CTD officials demanded a staggering sum of Rs1.5 million for his release, eventually settling for Rs500,000.
In a harrowing turn of events, Atif was escorted to a bank in Mehmoodabad, where Rs200,000 was withdrawn from the ATM. The terrified citizen was then released with a chilling warning that he must pay the remaining Rs300,000 the following day.
Disturbingly, car tracker details revealed that Atif was taken to CTD Civil Lines, raising serious questions about the department's involvement in the alleged abduction.
Furthermore, a person identified as Sohail contacted Atif, demanding the outstanding ransom to be delivered to CTD Civil Lines under the threat of dire consequences if payment was not made promptly.
Despite Atif's efforts to seek justice by providing detailed information to senior police officials and filing a case, the Karachi Police has yet to take decisive action against the accused CTD officials involved in this shocking crime.
This incident comes in the wake of recent arrests made by the Special Investigation Unit, where four CTD officials were apprehended in a raid in the Garden neighborhood of Karachi.
The arrested officers were accused of similar acts of abduction for ransom, leading to the registration of a case at Tipu Sultan police station.
The Specialised Investigation Unit (SIU) of Sindh police conducted a raid on CTD offices in the Garden area and arrested four cops accused of keeping citizens in illegal detention, torturing them and extorting money from the detainees.
As per DIG CTD Asif Ejaz Sheikh, the officers are accused of unlawfully detaining a man named Jasim and his friends, and extorting Rs400,000 from them. He identified them as Sub Inspector Raffaqat, ASI Liaquat, Jahanzeb, and Haris, saying that they could face dismissal from service in light of the serious accusations against them.
Jasim and his friends Umar Farooq, Imran Abdullah, and Osama were reportedly subjected to unlawful detention and torture by the CTD officers. Jasim was allegedly coerced into meeting a girl named Noor, from whom he was supposed to collect an outstanding amount of Rs630,000.
When Jasim reached the designated meeting place in PECHS, he and his friends were intercepted by men claiming to be CTD officials Garden. Subsequently, they were shifted to the CTD Garden premises, where they were separated, deprived of their mobile phones, and subjected to harassment and intimidation.
Jasim claims that he was coerced into signing a blank paper and providing his thumb impression under duress. Moreover, his elder brother, Rashid, was compelled to pay Rs400,000 to secure Jasim's release.
