TAXILA: A robber was reportedly shot dead from the firing of his accomplice during a car snatching attempt in the new city area in the limits of Wah Saddar police station on Wednesday, police sources said.

According to the police sources, Jamshaid Iqbal was going towards his house in I-block when three armed persons riding in another car intercepted him and, at gunpoint, tried to stop him. As he tried to flee, the armed robbers opened fire at him.

However, a bullet hit their own companion, and he died on the spot. The two other robbers fled from the scene, leaving behind the body of accomplice. Later, police shifted the deceased to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taxila for an autopsy.

The robber could not be identified till filing of this news report. Wah Saddar police have registered a case and launched a search for the fleeing robbers.

In a separate incident, a Chinese tourist was robbed of her mobile phone on a busy and heavily guarded museum road in the limits of the Taxila police station on Wednesday, police sources said.

Published in Dawn, October 5th, 2023