Robbers strike seven times

Published November 18, 2003

SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 17: Unidentified bandits looted two houses and snatched a tractor-trolley, a car, a motorcycle in seven strikes in different parts of the district during the last 24 hours.

Rana Liaquat Ali of Manga Dogran was going to the market to sell his paddy crop by his tractor-trolley. Near the railway crossing, four armed robbers intercepted him and snatched his vehicle laden with crop worth around Rs100,000.

Safdarabad police are looking into the matter.

Four armed robbers deprived Rana Nadeem of his car (LRM-5885) when he was going to his house at Chandernagar village in the limits of Manawala police station.

In Bhaghanwali village, two unidentified masked robbers relieved Anjum of his motorcycle and also thrashed him on resistance.

Police are going into the matter.

Unidentified armed bandits barged into the house of Abbas in Housing Colony, held the inmates hostage, collected cash, ornaments and other valuable worth thousands of rupees and fled.

Two thieves sneaked into the house of Riasat Ali and took away his cattle worth Rs60,000 in Tori Qasim village.

Mangtanwala police have registered a case.

Woman killed: A woman was killed while four others sustained injuries when a speeding truck hit a motorcycle rickshaw on the GT Road here on Monday.

The truck collided head-on with the three-wheeler when it reached the Muridke Road. Rehmat Bibi died on the spot while four other passengers suffered serious injuries.

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