The father of a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan has returned home, against the wishes of the country’s police, the BBC has learned.
Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, was seized by an armed gang while staying with relatives last week.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the BBC that police had wanted the boy’s father Raja Saeed to stay as a witness.
Police have not commented on Mr Saeed’s departure. He has not been named as a suspect and so is free to travel.
Mr Malik had previously said someone “very close to the family” had taken Sahil and that police were closing in on the kidnappers.
This was indicated by the way the abductors got into the house and their “conduct… during that whole operation”, he said.Source