Dramatist Khalilur Rehman says abducted, looted by armed men in Lahore

Dramatist Khalilur Rehman Qamar was allegedly tortured and looted during brief abduction by armed men in Lahore earlier this week, it emerged on Sunday.

A first information report (FIR) of the incident, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, has been registered at the Sundar Police Station in Lahore on his complaint and invokes sections 395 (punishment for dacoity) and 365 (Kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person) of the Pakistan Penal Code.