Crime & Safety
Man Who Took Kids to Turkey Without Permission Gets Jail Time
Murtaza Ali of Skokie fled to Istanbul with his three kids instead of picking up their mother from a social gathering.
SKOKIE, IL - A Skokie man who flew his children to Pakistan without the mother’s consent will go to jail for 18 months.
Murtaza Ali, 46 was sentenced in a U.S. District Court this week for the international parental kidnapping incident that occurred in May 2015, according to a Skokie Review report.
An FBI complaint against Ali indicates the Pakistani national boarded a flight to Istanbul with his three children on May 2 and later contacted the children’s mother from Turkey suggesting she meet them in Pakistan.
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The mother reported Ali and the children missing after they didn’t show up to pick her up from a social gathering.
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Ali was arrested upon his return to O’Hare International Airport on May 6.
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