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The kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan may have involved someone in his family, which was perceived as being well-off, a top Pakistani diplomat said Friday.
Sahil Saeed was snatched from his grandmother's house in Pakistan's Jehlum city overnight Wednesday after robbers held the family at gunpoint for several hours, British officials and the boy's family said. The robbers also took some household possessions and demanded a large ransom to return the child, whose picture and story made British and some Pakistani front pages Friday.
Wajid Hassan, Pakistan's envoy to London, said investigators were probing whether someone in Sahil's family was involved.
"The perception is that they had a lot of money," Hassan told The Associated Press. "So somebody from inside of the family who is less fortunate might have arranged it."
British Immigration Minister Phil Woolas said arrests had been made in Pakistan and that police were following strong leads.
"This is the No. 1 priority for the Foreign Office in Pakistan," he told BBC television.
The British boy's mother made an emotional televised appeal for his safe return.
"I just want my son back safe," Akila Naqqash told Sky from her home in Manchester, in northern England, as tears ran down her cheeks. "We have got no idea why we were targeted — we don't have any money."
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