A father whose daughter was missing for two days has gone on trial accused of kidnapping a teenage boy from his school.

Tariq Amin, 41, is alleged to have told the youngster that he was a hit man from Manchester and threatened to chop the boy's fingers off as he tried to get information about his daughter's whereabouts.

Amin, of Bertram Road, Manningham, faces a charge of kidnap along with his 20-year-old son Muzaffer Hussain, of the same address, and two of his friends, 19-year-old Mohammed Lal, of Salt Street, Manningham, and Saleem Iqbal, 21, of Carlisle Terrace, Manningham.

All four men have pleaded not guilty to the kidnap allegation.

A jury at Bradford Crown Court heard yesterday how the boy, who was only 14 at the time, was allegedly taken from the grounds of his school by Hussain, Lal and Saleem and forced into a car with his jumper over his head.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he told the men he did not know where the girl was but they did not believe him.

After being driven to the Pakistani Community Centre in Manningham, the boy was then taken in the Toyota to the car park of the mosque in Darfield Street.

The prosecution allege that Amin followed in a Nissan Micra and when they arrived at the car park he got into the back of the Toyota with the boy.

The youngster, now 15, told the jury that Amin was carrying a knife and a pair of pliers. The boy said Amin threatened to do "this and that" to him until he found out where the girl was.

When pressed by prosecutor John Topham about the exact threats, the boy replied: "He said he was going to chop my fingers off and post them to my house. He said 'I'm a hit man from Manchester . . . I've been paid a lot of money to kill your family'."

The boy alleged he was then slapped around the head. The incident last November came to an end when police cars arrived on the scene and all four men were arrested.

Prosecutor John Topham said a knife was recovered from a grassy area near the car park a few days later, but when questioned all the men denied kidnapping the boy.

Amin told officers he was worried about his missing daughter and he did not think the police had done enough to find her. He said the teenager gave them some information and no force or threats were made.

The trial continues.