Prominent Pakistani Film-Maker Kidnapped - Police

We are investigating from various angles. There has been no call for ransom or any other demands.

A prominent Pakistani film-maker and distributor, Satish Anand, has been kidnapped in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi, a top police official said on Tuesday.

Anand, 57, a member of Muslim-majority Pakistan's small Hindu community, runs a production house called Eveready Pictures, and is a relative of famous Indian actress Juhi Chawla, according to friends and associates in the film business.

City police chief Waseem Ahmed said Anand was abducted on Monday on his way to his home in Karachi's posh Clifton neighbourhood.

Police had no idea who had kidnapped him or why.

"We are investigating from various angles. There has been no call for ransom or any other demands," Ahmed said.

Crime, including kidnapping, has long been a problem in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital.

Anand's driver told police two men stopped their car and one of them gave him an injection and he lost consciousness. The driver said when he awoke, Anand was missing, police said.

Anand is a well-known figure in Pakistan's show business world and recently distributed the hit Indian film "Race", according to an official in the Karachi film industry who declined to be identified.