Facebook hazards: Gang involved in alluring boys busted
- September 21, 2013, 6:58 pm
- National News
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Gujranwala, September 21 (Online): After Karachi, face book is also being used for kidnapping in Punjab as police on Saturday busted a gang involved in alluring boys through social networking site Facebookto kidnap them for ransom.
Few months back, a teenage boy was kidnapped in Karachi using similar tactics.
The gang was caught in the Gujranwala District of Eastern Province of Punjab which has the backing of son of a police officer.
The local police claim that the gang includes a couple, husband and wife, and the son of an Station House Officer (SHO) at a local police station.
The female member of the group, Sheeza, entraps boys through Facebook friendship to pave the way for the abduction.
During this friendship, she tries to develop contact on mobile and asks to have a meetup. As soon as the boy gets agree, he is abducted by the group.
The initial probe reveals that boys who wish to have female friends are targeted and then shifted to border city of Sialkot. Later on the relatives of the abducted boy was contacted to get the ransom.
Facebook is considered as the most popular social networking site in Pakistan which has over 10 million registered users out of which 34 percent are female users.
