ISLAMABAD: Robbers injured a man and looted cash and valuables worth millions of rupees at 14 places in the capital, police said on Monday.
Two persons held up Mohammad Haroon Rashid near the Margalla police station and snatched his mobile phone. They also stabbed and injured him.
Three men riding a car offered lift to Subedar Mohammad Ayub Khan at Gangal and later overpowered him. They snatched his purse carrying Rs30,500 and ATM cards of different banks along with a mobile phone.
Later, they went to an ATM and withdrew Rs50,000 from his two accounts. The culprits gave back the mobile phone to the victim after removing its battery along with Rs2,500 and escaped.
Two armed men held up Bilal Mustafa and his friend Danial at gunpoint at a green area near the National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (NIRM) and took away his motorcycle.
Mohammad Azam’s mobile phone was snatched by two robbers at G-11/1. Moreover, armed men snatched a mobile phone from Shahzad at Sabzi Mandi.
Two maids stole two tola gold ornaments and Rs30,000 from a house at Arsalan Town. Burglars broke into a room of Asma Aslam at a hostel in F-8 and made off with Rs350,000, four tola gold ornaments and a laptop.
Meanwhile, a car and seven motorcycles were also stolen in G-13/4, H-9 weekly bazaar, Centaurus Mall, G-9 Markaz, G-11 Markaz, Jhangi Syedan and F-8 Markaz.
Published in Dawn, April 12th, 2022
