NAROWAL: Sialkot police arrested two robbers after an exchange of fire near village Mitranwali on Sunday.

Two unidentified robbers fled on a motorcycle after robbing a family in the broad daylight that was travelling a car near Kotli Khanon in the Bombanwala Police Station jurisdictions in district Sialkot. They took away gold ornaments, cash and other valuables from the family members.

Khurram Shehzad, the spokesperson for Sialkot police, said on receiving information, a Bombanwala Police Station team tried to stop the robbers but they opened fire on policemen and fled.

District Police Officer Syed Zeeshan Raza ordered Daska Deputy Superintendent of Police Hamid Virk, Bombanwala Station House Officer (SH) Irshad Ahmed and Motra SHO Umar Sultan to chase the robbers.

The police teams intercepted the suspects near village Mitranwali. The robbers left the motorcycle, hid in the bushes near a pond and started firing on the party.

After some time, police arrested the two suspects and shifted them to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

Published in Dawn, August 29th, 2022