ISLAMABAD: A man was killed during a robbery in a shop while siblings were injured after being abducted and valuables snatched from them. Besides, cash and valuables were looted from 28 other places, police said on Tuesday.

In the first incident, Irfan Aslam was shot in his tuck shop. Two armed men raided the shop when Aslam and his brother were getting ready to sleep. The suspects started looking for cash but Aslam tried to stop them which caused them to shoot him.

The robbers were able to escape along with the cash and the injured Aslam was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

In another incident, four people kidnapped a girl and her brother and snatched valuables from them. The siblings were also beaten. The suspects took them both to a flat and detained them in separate rooms however one of the siblings managed to escape.

Moreover, two persons intercepted and held Suleman and two other persons in Katarian and looted Rs176,700 cash and other items from him at gunpoint. Robbers also stole Rs80,000 cash from a pharmacy in Chattha Bakhtawar, Rs80,000, shampoos and perfumes from a pharmacy in Khanna Dak, a motorcycle and Rs6,000 cash from Omer Daraz at Tarnol and a vehicle from Chaudhry M, Razzaq in Iqbal Town.

Moreover, one person broke into a house in G-6/3-4 and looted cash Rs63,000, prize bonds worth Rs49,500 and moneyboxes containing Rs22,000, the police said, adding that the family residing in the house returned when the suspect was about to escape from the main entrance, and intercepted him.

However, he held them up at gunpoint and was able to escape. Burglars stole gold ornaments worth 7 tolas, Rs200,000, electronic items and clothes from the house of M Masroof at Mangyal, cash Rs250,000, gold ornaments, watches, LCD, DVR, and a 30-bore pistol from the house of M Shakeel at Mehrabadi, cash Rs12,000, Tecno Spark 6G0 from a house in Dhoke Jillani, cash Rs20,000 and a 30-bore pistol from the house of M Imtiaz at Al-Noor Town.

Cash Rs20,000, Tecno, Vivo and a Redmi from was taken from a house in PWD, whereas a Vivo 21 was snatched from M Rehman at Faizabad, the police said, adding that a Toyota Corolla GLI was stolen from F-7..

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2022