Strongly condemn the senseless kidnapping and killing of innocent LHW! I urge the federal gov and KPK gov to take action and seek justice ! — Aseefa B Zardari (@AseefaBZ) March 24, 2014

She was kidnapped from her house in Guluzai village in the jurisdiction area of Chamkani police station on the night of March 23.The body of the worker, identified as Salma Farooq, bore torture marks as well.Earlier on Monday, police had said that around eight armed men had entered the house of Farooq, held the family hostage at gunpoint and took the woman away with them.Chamkani is a village located on the outskirts of Peshawar.Enraged family members and neighbours had protested against the kidnapping and blocked the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway near Chamkani for about an hour today. The protesters had dispersed when police assured them that they will try their best to locate Farooq.The demonstrators had given two days time to police to recover the kidnapped health worker.The family members had feared that Farooq was kidnapped because of her involvement in the polio campaign and that she had no enmity with anyone.