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Indian mission staffer abducted in Pak.

By Our Special Correspondent

ISLAMABAD JUNE 1. A staff member of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad was abducted today by plainclothesmen, an embassy spokesman said. India's acting ambassador, Sudhir Vyas, said that complaints had been made to the Pakistan Foreign Ministry and police about the kidnapping of Kulwant Singh, who works in the embassy administration section.

The incident comes a day after the Delhi Police detained Aamir Shabbir, a Pakistan High Commission staff officer.

Mr. Vyas said that Mr. Singh was abducted from near his residence around 11.30 a.m. while returning home from his office along with his 10-year-old son on a two-wheeler. A group of persons intercepted Mr. Singh near the apartment at the Royal Enclave, a complex where most of the Indian High Commission staffers live. Mr. Vyas quoted Mr. Singh's son, who was left behind by the abductors, as saying that the men pulled his father from the motorcycle, pushed him into a taxi cab and drove him to an unknown place. — PTI, Reuters

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