RAWALPINDI: More than 40 people were deprived of 17 motorcycles, two other vehicles, cash, gold jewellery and other valuables in different parts of the city, while a house located on the opposite side of a senior police officer’s residence in Islamabad’s F-7/3 was robbed.

Abadur Rehman, a resident of Gulistan Colony complained to the Civil Lines police that he along with his friend was on the way home in his car when he was intercepted by another car with four people in it.

He said two of the car’s occupants held him at gunpoint and sat in his car, adding, after travelling for a few kilometres, they were pushed out of their car by the suspects who escaped with their car, two mobile phones and cash.

Zafar Mehmood, a butcher by profession lodged an FIR with the Airport police saying that three people entered his shop and held him up at gunpoint.

He said the robbers snatched his mobile phone, Rs30,000 from the cash box and escaped after firing gunshots in the air.

Adnan Saddiqui, lodged a similar complaint with the Airport police that three unidentified robbers entered his factory office and escaped with Rs80,000 after threatening his security guard. Taqueer Alam was deprived of his mobile phone by an unidentified gunman in Sadiqabad, Behram Khan lost gold jewellery and cash after some unidentified burglars broke into his house in his absence in Naseerabad area.

Raja Zahid Aziz, complained to the Gujar Khan police that he locked his house and went to visit a relative. On his return, he found the locks of his house broken and household items scattered in rooms; gold jewellery worth Rs220,000 and Rs30,000 was stolen.

Salman Ahmed, Rashid Javaid, Hassan Jalil, Hassan Iqbal, Nabeel Amjad, Abdi Shabir, Mohammad Shakeel, Kaleem ullah Khan, Omer Fateh, Sohail Saeed, Hammad Khawar, Gul Baz Khan, Mohammad Saqib, Amir Shahzad, Osama Rafiq, Abdul Kareem and Ijaz Hussain were among those who were deprived of their motorcycles by vehicle thieves.

Published in Dawn, November 30th, 2021