Case lodged for Lalji’s alleged kidnapping

KARACHI: Well-known businessman Riaz Lalji went missing in Karachi on Sunday hours after arriving in the city from Dubai, Geo News reported.

Lalji arrived in Karachi from Dubai in PIA’s flight no PK-214 and went missing along with his gunman and driver from outside a super market located near Karachi airport. His vehicle has been found abandoned from Sharea Faisal.

A case has been lodged in Airport Police Station for the alleged kidnapping of Riaz Lalji his gunman and driver Kishan on the request of Maj. (Retd.) Muhammad Tahir.

CCPO Karachi Wasim Ahmed has formed an investigation committee headed by DIG East Abdul Khaliq Sheikh which has initiated its work.

The mobile phones of the three missing people have been found turned off while so far no one has tried to make contact with their families.

According to sources, Riaz Lalji is one of close friends of President Asif Ali Zardari and controversy surrounds his name in the cases of Steel Mills besides those of Rice Export Corporation of Pakistan (1995-96).