Anchorperson's kidnap FIR filed against five unknown men.

NAROWAL -- Sialkot police have registered a first information report (FIR) of alleged kidnapping of TV news anchor person and video blogger Imran Riaz against five unidentified persons.

The FIR has been filed at the Sialkot Civil Lines police station on the application of Mohammad Riaz, the father of the 'missing' anchorperson, a resident of New Defense Road, Lahore.

Mr Riaz says in the application that his son, Muhammad Imran Riaz, had to fly to Oman on May 11, with his professional team, including Aftab Ahmed, Naveed Anwar, Muhammad Haris and Adnan Gul.

The FIR says Imran Riaz was at Sialkot International Airport at 2:30am when a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration team allegedly stopped him from going to Oman 'without any reason'.

The complainant said in the FIR that the immigration officers allegedly handed over his son to the 'airport police station and Cantonment police station' officials.

He alleged when the police brought his son to the police station at 4am, there was no FIR registered against him and he (Imran) was detained illegally.

Mr Riaz said that on the order of the Sialkot deputy commissioner, Imran Riaz was arrested and sent to the Sialkot District Jail under 3 MPO proceedings against him. He said later the DC withdrew his orders and Imran Riaz was released from the district jail at 11pm.

He said as soon as his son was released, four to five masked...

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