Expat deprived of Rs10m, car

Published January 24, 2006

GUJRANWALA, Jan 23: An expatriate was deprived of Rs10 million in cash and his costly four-wheeler by a swindler and his two sons here on Monday.

Reports said Saifur Rehman, returned from Canada recently, intended to buy an agricultural land for establishing an industrial unit at Mian Sansi Road. While accused Sufi Bashir and his sons Amir and Shahid swindled him and escaped.

Police have registered a case against the accused and are investigating.

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