4 policemen abducted in Pakistan

Karachi, Jun 4 (PTI) Suspected insurgents have abducted four policemen along with their official vehicle in Pakistan on Thursday, officials said.

The incident took place in the Kantani area in Balochistan’s Gwadar port.

Senior Superintendent of police in Gwadar, Ata ur Rehman, said that a search operation has been launched to trace four policemen who were in a police mobile on patrolling duty.

“Initial investigations indicate that these four personnel were illegally detaining people going to Iran by road and moving them to a lock-up,” he said.

Gwadar port is one of the most sensitive areas of the restive Balochistan province, as it is the main focus of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. In the past, it has come under attack from banned insurgent

groups.

On Tuesday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said they had killed 17 terrorists during multiple intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across various districts of Balochistan.

It said the operations were launched after at least 16 people, including three security personnel, were killed and scores injured in the suspected vehicle-borne suicide attack on a shuttle train near a station in Quetta on May 24. PTI CORR AMS