Re: SAHIL SAEED 5 - Oldham (UK) Kidnapped in Pakistan - 04/03/10

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:25 am

The Mirror

21 March 2010

Kidnappers threatened to cut boy's arm off and blow him up

SAHIL SAEED 5 - Oldham (UK) Kidnapped in Pakistan - 04/03/10 - Page 15 Ss20

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/21/kidnappers-threatened-to-cut-boy-s-arm-off-and-blow-him-up-115875-22127193/

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:27 am

Sky News

21 March 2010

Terrifying Bomb Threats Of Sahil's Kidnappers

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Pakistan-Kidnap-Boy-Sahil-Saeeds-Father-Raja-Talks-About-Ordeal-And-The-Threat-To-Kill-His-Son/Article/201003315578328?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_5&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15578328_Pakistan_Kidnap_Boy_Sahil_Saeeds_Father_Raja_Talks_About_Ordeal_And_The_Threat_To_Kill_His_Son

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:28 am

Daily Mail

21 March 2010

Sahil Saeed: Gang that kidnapped him is suspected of 17 murders

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1259626/Sahil-Saeed-Gang-kidnapped-himl-suspected-17-murders.html

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:29 am

Times Online

21 March 2010

Sahil Saeed ordeal exposes growth of homeland kidnap 'trade'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7070476.ece

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 am

The Sun

22 march 2010

Gang threat to blow up Sahil

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2901884/Gang-threat-to-blow-up-Sahil.html

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:31 am

The Mirror

22 March 2010

Sahil kidnap gang 'killed 17 hostages'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/22/sahil-kidnap-gang-killed-17-hostages-115875-22129708/

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:32 am

Metro

22 March 2010

Sahil Saeed kidnap gang: 'We will blow up your son'

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/818464-sahil-saeed-kidnap-gang-we-will-blow-up-your-son

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:34 am

Manchester Evening News

22 March 2010

Kidnap gang's threats to cut off Sahil's limbs

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1201148_kidnap_gangs_threats_to_cut_off_sahils_limbs

**Twiglet** Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:36 am

Manchester Evening News

23 March 2010

Undercover cop tracked Sahil ransom handover

The £110,000 ransom which led to the release of kidnapped boy Sahil Saeed was delivered by a family member who was monitored by an undercover agent.
It had been reported that the five-year-old's father, Raja, 28, had gone to Paris to drop off the cash.

But it was actually a relative, who was closely monitored by a member of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

SOCA worked closely with Greater Manchester Police and police in Europe in an operation to ensure the safe release of Sahil, from Oldham, and to catch the hostage-takers.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1201317_undercover_cop_tracked_sahil_ransom_handover

**Twiglet** Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:44 am

Rochdale Observer

24 March 2010

Kidnappers threatened to cut off boy's limbs

http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1201292_kidnappers_threatened_to_cut_off_boys_limbs

**Tezza** Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:45 pm

Yahoo News (ITN)

UK boy kidnapping suspect dies in police shootout

17th April, 2010

A chief suspect in the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan has been killed in a shootout after two men tried to free him from custody, according to police.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100416/twl-uk-boy-kidnapping-suspect-dies-in-po-41f21e0.html

**Twiglet** Tue May 15, 2012 8:59 am

Daily Mail

14 May 2012

Married couple 'masterminded kidnap of British boy, five, and held him for 13 days as they demanded £100,000 ransom

Trio 'organised and designed' kidnap plot of schoolboy before demanding six-figure ransom

A married couple living in Spain masterminded the kidnap of a British boy by an armed gang in Pakistan, a court heard today.

Four masked men wielding assault rifles and hand grenades seized Sahil Saeed, five, while he was visiting his grandmother’s home in Punjab, prosecutors said.

Muhammed Zahid Saleem and his wife Monica Neruja 'planned and organised' the brutal crime from their home in north east Spain, the court was told.

But they were arrested by armed officers along with their friend Muhammed Sageiz following a dramatic police operation spanning four countries.

The couple travelled to Paris where they collected a ransom from the boy’s family, unaware they were being watched by undercover detectives, it was said.

They were followed all the way to their home on Spain’s Costa Dorada, where they were held in a police swoop after Sahil, from Oldham, had been released unharmed following a 13-day ordeal as a prisoner.

The three defendants went on trial today at the Provincial Court in Tarragona accused of kidnap, belonging to a criminal organisation, robbery and illegal detention.

Four armed police officers stood guard inside the court room as prosecutor Maria Jose Osuna told the court: 'Along with four people of Pakistani origin they planned, organised and carried out the kidnap of a British minor, taking advantage of the fact he had travelled with his father to Pakistan to visit the boy’s grandmother Tasneem Saeed.

'The whole operation was led by the accused Muhammad Zahid Saleem who had travelled to (Pakistan) at the end of 2009 and in February 2010 for that purpose.'

The court heard a gang of four masked men swooped on the house in Jhelum on the night of 3 March 2010, as Sahil’s family were preparing to return to the UK.

They allegedly beat the family, gagged them and tied their hands and legs, pointed a pistol at Sahil’s father Raja Saeed, 28, and told him:

'We know you are a businessman and you and your family have a business in the United Kingdom.

'We are taking your son. If you try to contact the police or involve them, we will kill him.'

The gang stole 1,900 rupees, jewellery and two mobile phones belonging to the family, fleeing with the boy in the early hours of 4 March.

Later that day the family received a call from a phonebox in the Spanish town of Constanti, 60 miles south west of Barcelona, demanding money for the safe return of the boy.

Over the next few days they received 15 calls from phone boxes around north east Spain, the court heard.

On 10 March Monica Neruja called Sahil’s dad and ordered him to travel to Paris to hand over a ransom of £100,000, it was claimed.

The court heard Sahil’s uncle Tauseer Ahmed travelled to the French capital where he followed instructions to leave two bags containing the ransom money under a tree in a park.

The prosecutor said Neruja then collected the cash and met up with her husband at the Hotel Orleans in the French capital.

She said: 'After going shopping and visiting some relatives they drove their Peugeot 406 with the money to Spain, crossing the border at La Jonquera at 9.30am on 15 March.'

The couple then drove to their flat in Constanti where they met up with the third accused, an illegal immigrant who was living with them at the time, it was said.

Balding Muhammed Sageiz had been in constant contact with the couple and was in charge of informing the gang in Pakistan if anything went wrong with the handover of the money, it was alleged.

Sahil was finally released in the early hours of 16 March and was found by locals wandering alone in a field.

When he was safe, armed police from Spain’s elite Special Operations Group stormed the flat in Spain where the three suspects were holed up.

Detectives found a suitcase containing 101,710 pounds and a machine that detects forged notes, it was said.

Neruja, a pretty 26-year-old law graduate from the city of Galati in Romania, and her husband, 36, both worked as translators in the same court where they are being tried.

They married in Romania in November 2009.

Saleem, who had previously run an estate agent, told the court he played no part in the kidnap plot but admitted travelling to France to collect money.

He said he moved to Spain in his mid teens and dislikes his native country of Pakistan.

He told the court he had been instructed by an uncle in Pakistan to travel to Paris to pick up some money, but denied knowing where the money had come from.

He said: 'I knew nothing about this (plot) whatsoever. I had nothing to do with this. I was very happy with my job and my wife. We were very happy in Spain.'

Prosecutors have called for the three defendants to be jailed for up to 25 years. A panel of three judges led by Jose Manuel Sanchez Siscart will rule on whether or not they are guilty.

All three deny all charges and the trial continues.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2144255/Married-couple-masterminded-110-000-Pakistan-ransom-kidnapping-British-schoolboy-small-Spanish-town.html

**pam supportfromireland** Wed May 16, 2012 5:01 am

wow is all I can say. Delighted all ended well.

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