Three schoolgirls, who had been missing from Friday afternoon, were recovered from the Liaquatabad area of Karachi on Sunday.
The girls, students of class 9 in a private school in Saudabad area, did not return home from school and were believed to be kidnapped.
"The girls were recovered with help of Citizens-Police Liaison Committee from a home of one of three detained boys, using a modern technology," said senior police officer, not specifying what the technology is.
"No harm has been done to girls, they left on their own," he added.
The senior officer also said that there are some lessons for society and the parents in this particular case, which would be addressed in a press conference on Monday.
Earlier, the relatives raised suspicions about the involvement of three boys. The police had detained them for interrogation.One suspect named Aijaz was arrested from Liaquatabad Number 10 during the raid, on whose indication the girls were recovered from a house in the locality, the CPLC chief said.
The girls were taken to an unknown location for interrogation, following which they will be handed over to the concerned police station.
Five boys have been detained by the police in relation to the incident.
According to details, the girls — Bisma, Iqra and Rabiya —did not return to their houses on Friday after school. The parents of the girls said that they had dropped the girls to the school. However, the school administration said that the girls did not attend school on Friday.
The parents, later on, lodged the missing complaint in Saudabad police station. According to the neighbours, one of the missing girls answered the phone call at 5pm but did not talk.
Police officials claim that the girls were in contact with the boys who have been taken into custody. They said that text messages of the girls were found on the mobile phones of the boys.
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