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Two arrested over boy kidnapped in Pakistan

05 March 2010 03:15 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. Two people "very close" to the men suspected of kidnapping a British boy at gunpoint in Pakistan have been arrested, APA reports citing BBC.

A police source in Punjab province said they were confident five-year-old Sahil Saeed would be freed within 24 hours.

Sahil, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, and his father were at a house in the Punjab city of Jhelum on Wednesday when robbers broke in and seized the boy.

The attackers are said to have demanded a Â£100,000 ransom for Sahil’s return.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Office confirmed that one man had been arrested and was being questioned in connection with the kidnapping.

Up to 10 family members inside the house were beaten by the intruders during a six-hour ordeal, he said.

The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool said officers thought the kidnapping was unlikely to be the result of a family feud or a personal grudge.