By OBAKENG MAJE
Former Vaaltar FM presenter and socialite, Tshepang Seelo (32) has been kidnapped. It is alleged that Seelo was walking in the streets with his girlfriend in Modimong village near Taung on Sunday when his ‘attackers’ accosted him.
According to the North West police spokesperson, Capt Aafje Botma, Seelo’s girlfriend ran away and allegedly saw these people abducting Seelo and shoved him in a white bakkie. She confirmed that a kidnapping and human trafficking case has been opened at Taung Police Station.
“It is alleged that the duo was attacked by two persons. Seelo’s girlfriend allegedly ran away to seek help. On her return, they could not find Seelo at the scene of crime. She confirmed that she saw a white bakkie that she suspects might have been used to kidnap him.
“However, as the police, we could not confirm that and investigations are underway,” she said.
The family spokesperson, Keobakile Mothupi said, the incident has affected them as a family. Mothupi also urged anyone with information to contact them or the police.
“We are worried as a family because in most cases, incidents like these do not end well. We want to urge anyone who could assist the police to contact them or the family. As the family, we need to find Seelo whether dead or alive.
“We hope he is safe and sound wherever he is. The police found bloodstains at the crime scene and we also understand that two suspects have handed themselves over to the police today,” he said.
According to the disrupthumantrafficking.com, human trafficking industry generates $150 billion a year for criminal organizations across the globe. The website says this can no longer go uninterrupted.
“Our mission is to identify and expose human trafficking rings internationally while working with law enforcement agencies to hunt down, disrupt, and dismantle the practice of human trafficking.
“We do so by implementing intelligence gathering techniques currently used by the intelligence community and planning extraction operations. There are more humans being sold today in the world than at any other point in human history.”
It further urges people to join the fight to identify these trafficking networks, cut their financial lines and help to recover the trafficking victims.
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