RAWALPINDI: A private tour operator company staff was robbed of Rs1 million, while a gold smith lost gold jewellery worth Rs600,000 to robbers on Thursday, police said.

Malik Amir, the proprietor of Al-Harmain services was sitting at his office along with his staff when four persons entered the office and put all of them at gun point.

The culprits made off with Rs1 million after locking all of them in the office.

Faisal Mehmood, a gold smith was busy in making jewellery at his workshop when four persons entered inside and took away gold jewellery on gunpoint.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2014

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