LAHORE: Robbers plundered cash, jewellery and other valuables worth Rs3.5 million in eight major strikes in the provincial capital on Wednesday.

Four robbers barged into the house of Ajmal Amajd in Pir Colony in Factory Area police limits and took away cash and valuables worth Rs1m.

Two robbers stopped Shabbir and his family at their doorstep in Garden Town police limits and looted cash and jewellery worth Rs700,000.

Three robbers entered the house of Iftikhar Ahmad in Samanabad police precinct and escaped after looting cash and valuables all worth Rs600,000.

Two robbers approached the family of Sohail at their doorstep in Wahdat Road police jurisdiction and snatched cash and valuables worth Rs500,000.

As many armed robbers stopped Farhat Sultana and her family at their doorstep in Wahdat Colony police limits and looted gold bangles and rings.

Two robbers entered a dental clinic in Dharampura in Mustafaabad police remit and looted Rs60,000 in cash and laptops.

Two robbers intercepted Aamir, a salesman of Allied Bank, in Millat Park police limits and robbed him of Rs200,000 in cash.

As many robbers waylaid Attique and his family on Rabbani Road in Samanabad police limits and deprived them of cash and valuables worth Rs150,000.

NO CLUE: Police remained clueless on Wednesday about the murder of a 33-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter who were found dead at their residence in A-1 Block, Johar Town, on late Tuesday.

Kanwal and her only child Tayyaba were found tortured and strangled in separate rooms of their house. Their family suspected robbery-cum-murder case and submitted an application to the police.

Saddar SP Zahid Nawaz said police responded to a Rescue 15 call made by Mirza Javed Anwer, father of Kanwal, that his daughter was not responding to door bell.

He said police rushed to the scene and found the gate locked. Policemen scaled the boundary wall, broke open a door and found the two dead.

Mr Nawaz said investigators were working on two possible lines: the victims were killed on resistance by gunmen or some family member was involved in the blind murders. He said police found no forced entry into the property and valuables including jewellery missing.

Police said Kanwal’s husband Asim Mehmood, who had only a daughter, worked as mechanic in Saudi Arabia and did not come to Pakistan in the last two years or so.Mirza Javed, however, told Dawn that his daughter and son-in-law had no issue with anyone and that some robbers apparently stuck their house.

He said he met his daughter and granddaughter on Monday night and again visited them on Tuesday afternoon.

“After receiving no response, I thought Kanwal and Tayyaba, a sixth class student, may have gone to bazaar. I left the house and later phoned my daughter who didn’t attend call. I developed suspicion, kept calling her and again visited her house around 9pm along with my son.

“After receiving no response at door, I asked my son to scale the boundary wall and check their presence. My son and a neighbourer went inside, spotted all lights switched on, things lying at sixes and sevens and Kanwal and Tayyaba lying dead in separate rooms,” said Javed.

He said they alerted police who shifted the bodies to morgue for autopsies.

Javed said he submitted an application to the police to register a murder with robbery case.

Challenging police claim that nothing went missing from home, he said a list of missing cash, jewllery and other valuables would shortly be submitted to the police as only the victims knew about exact things present at home.

Meanwhile, police handed over the bodies to the next of kin after autopsies.