Two shops looted in Hassanbadal

Published August 30, 2014
Visitors enjoy a boat ride on Indus River in Attock.— Online
Visitors enjoy a boat ride on Indus River in Attock.— Online

TAXILA: Two shops were looted in broad daylight in Hassanabdal on Friday.

In the first incident, four men on two motorcycles targetted a wholesale dealer, Rafaqat Ali, on Lodhi Road a few yards away from a police station and looted cash Rs550,000 at gunpoint and escaped.

In the second incident, the same gang targetted a dealer named Haji Allah Dad on Girls School Road and snatched Rs200,000 from him.

It may be mentioned here that two motorcycle riders had robbed a local trader of Rs2.6 million on the same road when he was going to a bank to deposit the money.

Police have failed to trace the culprits so far.

Published in Dawn, August 30th, 2014

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