Two individuals, including a member of the Levies Force, have reportedly been taken into custody by Pakistani law-enforcement agencies in separate incidents in Balochistan’s Kolwah and Kharan districts.
According to local sources, a resident of Kolwah’s Ashal area, identified as Rizai, son of Gazzo, was detained by personnel said to be from the Frontier Corps on Thursday. His whereabouts remain unknown.
In a separate incident in Kharan, officials from the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and intelligence agencies allegedly took Levies officer Bashir Ahmed Kubdani, son of Haji Mohammad Hussain Kubdani, into custody.
Sources said the raid took place at around 11 p.m. on 19 October, when personnel reportedly entered Kubdani’s residence and moved him to an undisclosed location. Family members stated that some of the men involved were masked and believed to be CTD personnel.
Relatives of Bashir Ahmed told reporters that, five days after the incident, they have received no official information regarding his location or the reason for his detention. They have expressed concern that he may be in extrajudicial custody.
Officials have not yet issued any statement regarding the reported detentions.