Abducted Hindus return home
Karachi, Sep 20: All three Hindu men, who were among five people abducted by riverine bandits in Pakistan’s Sindh earlier this month, have returned home, a media report said on Wednesday. Mukhi Jagdish Kumar, Sagar Kumar, Jaideep Kumar, Dr Munir Naij, and Mushtaq Ali Mumdani were abducted by the bandits earlier in September this year in Kashmore district, Dawn News reported. Concerned over the incident, local people had staged demonstrations earlier this month to draw the attention of authorities to the recovery of the men. On September 4, Mukhi Jagdish Kumar and Jaideep Kumar were recovered during a police encounter with the kidnappers. A day later, Dr Munir Naij was also recovered. According to the family, a fourth hostage, Sagar Kumar, also reached home in Kashmore on Tuesday night after being held hostage for over a month. Sagar’s brother, Sunil, said his sibling had reached home, confirming that he was kidnapped on August 9. “Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kahsmore Rohal Khoso brought him to our house late last night,” Sunil said. Sunil added that Sagar was unwell and appeared to be suffering from malaria. “I have taken him to the clinic for laboratory tests. He can’t speak for now,” he said. Protests over their abduction, as well as increasing incidents of robberies in Sindh, were also held in several other cities in the province. (PTI)
3 institutes built with India’s help launched in Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 20: Three educational institutes built with a grant assistance of NRs 90.80 million from India have been inaugurated in far west Nepal. The educational institutions are Tikapur multiple campus in Kailali district; and Shree Pashupati Shiksha Mandir and Shree Siddhanath Secondary School in Kanchanpur district. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava on Tuesday inaugurated and handed over the three community development projects to local district authorities, officials said. The campus building and the two schools were built with a grant assistance of NRs 90.80 million (INR 5.65 crore approx) from India, they said. These institutions, located in far-west Nepal, are providing education to almost 2,500 students of Kanchanpur and Kailali districts, the officials said. (PTI)