LAHORE: Robbers deprived people of their belongings, including motorcycles, in various hits here on Tuesday.

In Johar Town area, three armed motorcyclists deprived a family of cash, gold ornaments and other valuables.

Nasir Nawaz, a resident of the area, told the police that he was in a car with his family when armed men stopped his vehicle and held him and his family at gunpoint. He said the criminals snatched Rs50,000, two mobile phones, five-tola gold ornaments, including rings, worth over Rs550,000 from them and fled the scene.

The Johar Town police lodged a first information report (FIR) and started investigation.

BIKE STOLEN: In another incident that took place in Barki area, a thief took away motorbike of one Abdullah Nasir.

Police say Abdullah had parked his bike outside his residence in the Orchard Block of the Paragon Housing Society. As he came out of his residence, he found his bike missing.

A CCTV footage showed a masked youth leaving the housing society riding the stolen bike. Abdullah later reported the incident to the Barki police that lodged a case against the unidentified thief.

As per police data, over 60 motorcycles were stolen from various parts of the city on Tuesday, showing a high ratio of such thefts in the provincial capital, where on average 50 bikes are stolen daily.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2022