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| UK kidnapped boy officers sacked | UK kidnapped boy officers sacked |
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| Four police officers in Pakistan have been sacked over their handling of the kidnap of a five-year-old British boy. | |
| Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, was snatched by armed robbers on Wednesday while visiting relatives with his father. | Sahil Saeed, from Oldham, was snatched by armed robbers on Wednesday while visiting relatives with his father. |
| But the police did not initially respond to the family's emergency call to "Rescue 15", the Pakistani equivalent of 999. | But the police did not initially respond to the family's emergency call to "Rescue 15", the Pakistani equivalent of 999. |
| Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik met with Sahil's father and said he hoped the boy would be recovered soon. | |
| Sahil was taken from his grandmother's home in the Punjab city of Jhelum as he prepared to take a taxi to the airport for his return flight to the UK. | Sahil was taken from his grandmother's home in the Punjab city of Jhelum as he prepared to take a taxi to the airport for his return flight to the UK. |
| The attackers are said to have demanded a £100,000 ransom for his return. | The attackers are said to have demanded a £100,000 ransom for his return. |
| 'Pray for him' | 'Pray for him' |
| On Saturday, Sahil's mother Akila Naqqas leaded for his safe return, saying she would forgive his son's captors if they released him. | On Saturday, Sahil's mother Akila Naqqas leaded for his safe return, saying she would forgive his son's captors if they released him. |
| She also said Sahil had never been apart from either herself or her husband. | She also said Sahil had never been apart from either herself or her husband. |
| "It's just a nightmare. I'm not sleeping at all," she said. "It's worse at night when I have no-one to comfort me. | "It's just a nightmare. I'm not sleeping at all," she said. "It's worse at night when I have no-one to comfort me. |
| "All we can do is just pray for him." | "All we can do is just pray for him." |
| It is understood several men, including a taxi driver, have been arrested in Pakistan. | It is understood several men, including a taxi driver, have been arrested in Pakistan. |
| The interior minister visited Sahil 's father Raja Saeed in Jhelum on Sunday. | |
| Mr Malik told him the police believed the kidnappers were people close to the family, and that they were closing in on the culprits. |