ISLAMABAD: Robbers and burglars continued with their looting spree as cash and valuables were stolen from 25 different areas of the capital, police said on Saturday.

In the first incident, robbers beat up and injured a Bykea rider at Malot. According to the police, two persons booked a ride of Danish Kiani from Faizabad to Kuri Road. On reaching the destination, they asked him to travel a little further where they held the motorbike rider hostage. The culprits started beating him and then escaped with his motorcycle and mobile phone.

In another incident, four robbers intercepted Azadar Hussain and Syed Nafis Rizvi on Ibn-i-Sina Road near G-9 Community Centre and bundled them into a car. They then drove around and snatched Rs9,000, a laptop and mobile phones from them before dropping them near G-9/2.

Furthermore, two gunmen entered a veterinary pharmacy store in Tarnol and held its owner, Mohammad Alim, and staff at gunpoint. They robbed Rs700,000 and a mobile phone from them before escaping, police said. Similarly, two gunmen raided a general store in I-8/3 and held the shopkeeper at gunpoint. They looted Rs32,000 cash and a mobile phone from him.

Besides, robbers looted a motorcycle and Rs10,000 cash from Mohammad Usman in G-12, a motorcycle, Rs8,000 cash and a mobile phone from Zeeshan Shahzad at Metro Cash and Carry, another motorcycle, Rs4,000 cash and a mobile phone from Irfan Ali Baig in G-12, Rs35,000 cash, mobile phone and a service card from Adeel Tahir in G-16, Rs3,000 cash and three ATM cards from Syed Naseerullah Shah Bukhari in G-11/4, a mobile phone from Mohammad Yasin in I-14/3, cash and mobile phone from Sajjad Ali in Gulberg Green and cash and mobile phone from Kashif Khaliq Abbasi in Dhoke Kala Khan.

On the other hand, burglars stole Rs300,000 cash and gold worth Rs300,000 from the house of Sultan Room in Ghauri Town. Culprits looted Rs103,500 cash from Mohammad Arshad after giving him a lift from Srinagar Highway near G-6/4 to Zero Point and Rs8,000 cash, $200 and a service card from Mohammad Atif in F-9 Park.

Similarly, suspects snatched mobile phones from Salman Ali and Ishtiaq Ahad from Zia Masjid and Police Lines Chowk, respectively.

Meanwhile, a car was stolen from G-11/1 and seven motorcycles from Noon, Polyclinic parking, Khanna, I-9/4, G-11/3, Tarlai Kalan andH-13.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2022