A search operation was underway on Monday for the recovery of the Assistant Commissioner of Ziarat and his son, who had been abducted by armed men from the tourist valley of Zezri on Sunday.

According to Levies officials, unidentified armed men abducted the assistant commissioner and his son.

The Assistant Commissioner, Afzal Baqi, had gone to Zezri with his son Bilal.

The Levies officials stated that the armed men released the gunman and the driver and set the official vehicle of the Assistant Commissioner on fire.