KARACHI, April 11: Film-maker Satish Anand was set free in Bannu by his captors on Saturday after prolonged negotiations over payment of ransom.
Informed sources said the release of the film-maker was effected following the payment of a Rs16 million ransom.
They said the victim was kidnapped by the banned organisation Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, now headed by Ilyas Kashmiri.
Mr Anand was kidnapped in the limits of Karachi’s Frere police station on Oct 20 last year.
A case against unknown culprits under Section 365-A of the PPC was registered by police.
Karachi police chief Wasim Ahmed told Dawn the victim was now in Karachi.
Police sources said that the victim was released by his captors after one of their accomplices, retired major Haroon-ur-Rasheed, was arrested in Punjab. They said the Karachi police had also arrested five suspects in the case.—Tahir Siddiqui
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