Youth fed up with lengthy job hours goes missing
ISLAMABAD: The Shalimar police on Saturday registered an FIR for the kidnapping of a teenager who went missing about a month ago. Muhammad Awais, aged 14 and resident of Bhara Kahu, was a salesman at a general store in F-10 Markaz, police said.
The youth’s mother told the police on Saturday that he went missing on February 19. Rahat Bibi later told The Spokesman that her younger son, Awais was introduced to the owner of the general store by one of her relatives in August 2012.
“On February 18, Awais went to work only not to return. She said the owner of the general store told her that on February 19 Awais left the shop to buy some medicine and then did not return. She further told this paper that a few days before his disappearance Awais had left his job but without informing his master but rejoined the store after staying home for a few days.
“His duty was so tough that he could only sleep for not more than two hours. He was also not given any weekly days off,” his mother further said. Most of the time he stayed back at the store during the night, she added. After getting frustrated with his job, he left it many times in the past but every time rejoined it after we convinced him to,” said a weeping Rahat Bibi.
She said that Awais complained to her a couple of times that one Abbasi, a good friend of the shop owner, often visited the store and misbehaved with her son. She said that she has come to the police station after a long wait and in the hope that Awais will himself return home. “I started searching him when he did not return for several days”. She said she approached the police after not getting any clue of his missing son.
On the other hand, Chaudhary Mustafa, the owner of the general store, said that on February 19, Awais had gone to a medical store in front of the shop to buy a cough syrup as he was not feeling well. “The medical store is on a walking distance from our shop, but when Awais did not return after some hours, we thought that once again he has gone back to home, repeating his past practice. Two days later we contacted her mother to inquire after him but she showed complete ignorance about him,” said Mustafa. “Awais was a good boy. And we did not see him involved in any kind of suspicious activity nor he had a bad company.”
Investigating officer ASI Murtaza Qamar told The Spokesman that the reason behind the missing of Awais is that he was neither in contact with his family nor his shop as he did not have a mobile phone. “However we have started our investigation and published the advertisement of the missing and also displayed at other police stations.”
The youth’s mother told the police on Saturday that he went missing on February 19. Rahat Bibi later told The Spokesman that her younger son, Awais was introduced to the owner of the general store by one of her relatives in August 2012.
“On February 18, Awais went to work only not to return. She said the owner of the general store told her that on February 19 Awais left the shop to buy some medicine and then did not return. She further told this paper that a few days before his disappearance Awais had left his job but without informing his master but rejoined the store after staying home for a few days.
“His duty was so tough that he could only sleep for not more than two hours. He was also not given any weekly days off,” his mother further said. Most of the time he stayed back at the store during the night, she added. After getting frustrated with his job, he left it many times in the past but every time rejoined it after we convinced him to,” said a weeping Rahat Bibi.
She said that Awais complained to her a couple of times that one Abbasi, a good friend of the shop owner, often visited the store and misbehaved with her son. She said that she has come to the police station after a long wait and in the hope that Awais will himself return home. “I started searching him when he did not return for several days”. She said she approached the police after not getting any clue of his missing son.
On the other hand, Chaudhary Mustafa, the owner of the general store, said that on February 19, Awais had gone to a medical store in front of the shop to buy a cough syrup as he was not feeling well. “The medical store is on a walking distance from our shop, but when Awais did not return after some hours, we thought that once again he has gone back to home, repeating his past practice. Two days later we contacted her mother to inquire after him but she showed complete ignorance about him,” said Mustafa. “Awais was a good boy. And we did not see him involved in any kind of suspicious activity nor he had a bad company.”
Investigating officer ASI Murtaza Qamar told The Spokesman that the reason behind the missing of Awais is that he was neither in contact with his family nor his shop as he did not have a mobile phone. “However we have started our investigation and published the advertisement of the missing and also displayed at other police stations.”
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