Ali Gilani’s kidnapping: Religious scholar held

Police on Saturday arrested Maulana Hifz-ur-Rehman, elder son of Allama Abdur Rasheed Bilal-head of religious seminary at Khan Garh area in connection with the kidnap of Ali Haider Gilani. According to media reports, Maulana Abdur Rasheed Bilal told that his son was innocent, adding he had some 500,000 rupees in his pocket at the time of arrest. Moreover, Bilal maintained that the amount did not belonged to his son, as someone else gave him the amount to keep with him as trust money. Allama Abdur Rasheed Bilal demanded of the government to release his son along with the amount.