RAWALPINDI: The co-owner of a private housing society (Blue World City) was arrested in a sting operation as he was wanted in terrorism, murder and kidnapping cases.

City Police Officer Omer Saeed Malik said in a press release that the co-owner of BWC and land grabber was detained by police as he was a criminal record holder. As many as 38 first information reports (FIRs) were registered against him with the Rawalpindi district police on various charges including 7-Anti Terrorism Act (ATA), and 302 and 365 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

The CPO also claimed that the man was a fugitive from law and Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench had taken serious notice of his defiance of the law and courts.

A fresh case was registered against him and his accomplices in Chauntra police station on Thursday night due to his involvement in indiscriminate firing which resulted in injuries to nine people.

The CPO said the man was also involved in a case of armed resistance when he forcibly freed his arrested brother from police custody, when the latter’s bail was cancelled from the LHC, Rawalpindi bench.

Police said special teams were constituted last week to track and arrest the land grabber, while efforts were being made to arrest his other accomplices.

Published in Dawn, March 19th, 2022