Kidnapped arms dealer recovered

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Security forces recovered the owner of Daud Sons Armory and arrested three kidnappers in an operation carried out in Doaba area of Hangu district on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off about the shifting of Hakeemuddin, owner of the arms factory on Kohat Road Peshawar, to Wana from Doaba, the security forces raided a hideout in the area. An exchange of gunfire took place between the security forces and kidnappers, resulting in the arrest of three of them and recovery of the kidnapped arms dealer.

Militants associated with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had kidnapped Hakeemuddin from Peshawar on March 9. They had demanded Rs50 million as ransom which was reduced to Rs20 million later.

Hakeemuddin was accused by the militants of supplying arms and ammunition to the security forces across the country. The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti had already announced award of Rs5 million for the safe recovery of the kidnapped arms dealer.