RAWALPINDI: Four police officials, including two Elite Force personnel, were arrested on the charge of gambling on the premises of the Police Lines Headquarters on Friday night.

Police sources said a raid, led by SSP operation Malik Karamat, was carried out in Barrack No 1 in the light of information that the police officials were gambling there.

During the raid, head constables Sattar Ahmed and Mutahir Abbas along with a commando and driver Faisal Mehmood of the Elite Force were taken into custody. Besides, a sweeper of the police department was also detained on the charge of gambling. The accused were shifted to the Civil Lines police station for further investigations.

Published in Dawn September 12th, 2015

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