Police investigate kidnapped boys family finances

By Dean Nelson and Farzana Fiaz in Lahore 646PM GMT sixteen March 2010

Sahil Saeed was kidnapped whilst on vacation Pakistan with his father Photo PA

Officers hold a large "ransom" might have been paid for the recover of the five-year-old to solve a long-standing debt.

Sources close to the exploration have told The Daily Telegraph, the abduction might have been some-more difficult than a candid kidnapping.

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The boy, who was taken by armed robbers during a revisit to his grandmother"s residence in Jhelum, in Pakistan"s Punjab province, was yesterday found deserted in a margin in Gujrat district, where villagers handed him over to the police.

His recover was reliable by Britain"s High Commissioner to Pakistan and by members of the boy"s family who voiced their pleasure at his protected return.

The boy"s mother, Akila Naqqash, spoke of her happiness at his recover after conference the headlines at 4.40am yesterday.

"I"m overjoyed, over the moon. I spoke to my small child this morning. Straight afar he listened my voice he pronounced "mummy, mummy, I"ve got a small new toys." He was only a normal small boy," she said.

His father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, returned to Britain last week whilst his son was still being hold by his captors, before long after creation an romantic interest for his recover and pleading with the kidnappers that he could not means their ransom demands.

But Punjab province"s law minister, Rana Sanaullah, yesterday claimed Mr Saeed might have returned to Britain to come to terms with the kidnappers and that the child was expelled after a ransom believed to be around �80,000 was paid.

"An general squad was concerned in it, and it was perfectionist the ransom outward Pakistan in a European country," he said.

Police pronounced their exploration was focused on Spain where an estimated 60,000 Pakistanis live in an around Barcelona. Many of them are believed to have roots in the Jhelum area.

A source close to the review pronounced they were seeking in to either the abduction was continuous to debts.

"Calls were traced to Spain," he said. "There was an component of allotment of long-standing debts."

A orator for the British High Commission pronounced Sahil was being looked after by police, a British central and one of his kin as he waited for his father to lapse to Pakistan from Britain.

British High Commissioner to Islamabad, Adam Thomson pronounced "Although a small tired, Sahil has been in great spirits. He has additionally oral to his silent and father on the write this morning."

The boy"s mom pronounced the family was right away formulation a celebration for her son when he returned.

The father was taken for comment.