TOBA TEK SINGH: Three robbers looted a cash of Rs1.3 million from a lawyer and his friend here on Tuesday near Pirmahal.

Lawyer Iqbal Hamjana told the police he and his friend Qazi Mansha were on their way to Sindhillianwali [hometown] by a car after receiving cash from Kamalia Sugar Mills against supply of sugarcane. Near Kamalia-Pirmahal bypass road, three suspects tried to stop them but they accelerated the vehicle. He said the robbers opened fire as a result tyres of their car burst and outlaws made off with cash and cell phones.

Later, members of Kamalia and Pirmahal tehsil bars observed strike in protest against the incident.

Published in Dawn, January 24th, 2018