KARACHI: A Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officer has been dismissed from service over the abduction of a trader in Karachi, reported. CTD Sub-Inspector Ijaz Butt was found involved in the abduction of the trader, Majid, for ransom from his house in Nazimabad area of Karachi on June 27. The kidnapping case registered at the Rizvia Police Station after which the CTD officer was suspended. An inquiry, conducted into the incident by SSP Operation-I, established that CTD’s Ijaz Butt was behind Majid’s abduction and receiving Rs700,000 as a ransom for releasing the trader. The inquiry also said that the raid conducted on the trader’s house by the CTD officer was also based on ill-intention. Ijaz Butt was also accused of taking away a laptop, golden chain and Rs50,000 from the trader’s house. INP
