RAWALPINDI: A man was shot dead during robbery outside a bank in New Town police area on Saturday.

The police said Arslan was coming out of a bank after withdrawing cash when two armed robbers held him at gunpoint and tried to snatch cash. The dacoits shot him dead when he resisted and escaped with the cash, they said.

The incident created panic in the area as the traders shut down their businesses and protested against police failure in controlling surge in the street crime.

The police spokesman said the City Police Officer (CPO) Mohammad Ahsan Younas had directed SP Rawal Division Rai Mazhar and New Town police SHO Mirza Javed Iqbal to visit the crime scene and arrest the robbers.

A police team collected evidence from the crime scene besides recording statements of eyewitnesses.

“We will soon arrest the robbers as police have sealed all the exit points to capture the culprits,” said SP Rai Mazhar in a statement.

Meanwhile, Gujar Khan police have arrested a man involved in murdering his father-in-law.

The man shot dead his father-in-law Abdul Sattar over domestic dispute. A case was registered against the killer on the complaint of daughter of the deceased.

Published in Dawn, February 23rd, 2020