The Supreme Court was shocked on Monday after the DPO of Sargodha said that the police had recovered 151 young women abducted in the city in the last one year.

The DPO Dr Rizwan told the court that 21 out of 151 abducted women were rescued from brothels and other were recovered from small districts in Punjab. The operation was conducted on a court order, he added.

Justice Maqbool Baqir who was hearing the case of abduction of Sobia Batool from Sargodha remarked that the abduction of 151 girls from such a small area is an incompetence and failure of the police. The court also questioned the DPO whether the recovered girls had their FIRs registered and ordered the SHOs of the police stations where the cases were registered should also have been notified.

The apex court directed the IG Punjab to take steps for the recovery of the abducted girls across the province.

The apex court directed the police to take steps for the recovery of Sobia Batool and directed the IG Punjab to take steps for the recovery of the abducted girls across the province.

The court rejected the bail plea of ​​accused Umair, arrested in Sobia Batool kidnapping case on the basis of withdrawal.

It is to be noted here that 18-year-old Sobia Batool, a resident of the Hussain Shah area of Sargodha, had mysteriously gone missing on August 18, 2020.

An FIR was registered at Sargodha’s Shahpur police station on August 28, 2020 under the provisions of kidnapping. Since then, no trace of the girl has been found.