RAWALPINDI: Police have failed to trace the gang that robbed Bank Al-Falah at Chur Chowk on Aug 24 and have started investigating the case on different lines.

Inspector Mohammad Jamil, who was leading the investigation into the case, told Dawn that the police team had questioned the people with criminal record, bank staff and suspected persons.

On the other hand, the director operation Shezada Security Service said in a statement that the three officers including the bank manager arrested by the police were kept in the police lockup in Saddar police station, Rawalpindi.

While talking to Dawn, SHO Mohammad Jamil claimed that the bank manager and three other people were arrested by police under the Punjab Security of Vulnerable Establishment Act and after registration of a case.

He said: “All of them were arrested and kept in the police lockup in Saddar police station for one night and they were granted bail by the duty magistrate the next day.”

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2016

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