June 07, 2007	Thursday	Jamadi-ul-Awwal 21, 1428

GUJRANWALA, June 6: The district police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested 52 members of 14 inter-district robbers’ gangs and recovered looted goods and illicit arms from their possession during a special drive against criminals within the last 48 hours.

This was stated by DIG (operations) Khadim Hussain Bhatti while talking to reporters here on Wednesday.

He said that gangs, including Sarfraz, Shahbaz, Mushtaq, Ataur Rehman alias Hafiz, Intizar, Shehazo, Ashfaq, Waris, Abdul Hamid, Shakeel, Bilal, Nazir, Hamid and Adnan, were wanted in 120 cases of dacoity, robbery and other heinous crimes.

They committed most of the crimes in Wapda Town, Kangniwala, Cantonment, Lohianwala, Sabzi Mandi, Satellite Town, Model Town, Dhulley, Peoples Colony (Gujranwala), and Lahore and Sialkot districts.

The DIG said that three Kalashnivos, two rifles, as many guns, 42 pistols, a car, two motorcycles, 18 cellphones four cameras, three TV sets, cash and jewellery were also recovered from them.

RESENTMENT: Nazims and councillors of over 22 union councils of Khiali Shahpur town have expressed anguish over registration of a criminal case against the UC No 117 naib nazim at the behest of a sanitary inspector.

At a meeting, presided over by Khiali town nazim Raza Mustafa Daroga, the participants demanded that the case registered against naib nazim Irshad Gondal should be withdrawn.

They said some councillors, led by the naib nazim, went to the inspector’s office and protested against the dirtiness in streets and roads. They said he fell into a rage and got a criminal case registered against the naib nazim and his colleagues.