Dacoits strike six times

Published October 4, 2002

FAISALABAD, Oct 3: Dacoits made off with cash, valuables and three motorcycles in six hits here on Thursday.

Two masked bandits snatched Rs1.8 million from Ramzan in Abdullahpur.

Dacoits entered into the house of Shahzad in People’s Colony and fled after looting cash and valuables worth Rs400,000.

Three gunmen snatched Rs20,000 in cash and valuables from a bakery owner, Asim, in Madina Town, while as many highwaymen robbed Ilyas of cash, a wristwatch and a motorcycle in Chak 262-JB.

Tahir Mahmood was deprived of motorcycle by two robbers in Tariqabad. Two highwaymen took away the motorcycle of Iqbal in Bawa Chak, Nishatabad. — Staff Correspondent

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