TAXILA: A rickshaw driver lost his life while saving a woman passenger from robbers in Kamran Society in the limits of Taxila police.

Police sources while quoting eyewitnesses said some women were travelling in Najeebullah’s rickshaw when two robbers riding a motorcycle intercepted the three-wheeler near the Dhama railway crossing.

The armed men robbed the driver of cash and mobile phone. As they started snatching jewellery from a woman passenger, he tried to overpower them. However, one of the robbers shot him in the chest and escaped. The rickshaw driver died on the spot. Police said Najeebullah, 30, was father of four children.

Robbery suspects held

Three suspects involved in robbing a government employee in Fatehjang were arrested and the looted cash recovered from their possession.

Subdivisional Police Officer Fatehjang Ghulam Asghar Chandia said Naeem Javed, a revenue inspector of municipal committee, was robbed of Rs1.50 million.

He said police raided the hideout of the criminals involved in the robbery and arrested their three members identified as Amir Shahzad, Aabid Ali and Bilal. He said weapons utilised in the robbery and the looted cash were recovered from their possession.

Meanwhile, police in Taxila and Hazro during crackdowns on proclaimed offenders (POs) arrested three suspects wanted in two fraud cases registered against them in 2023.

Riasat and Sheraz were wanted in a case registered against them at the Taxila police station. Moreover, Hazro police arrested Zafar Iqbal, who along with the two suspects had been declared proclaimed offenders (POs) by courts.

Published in Dawn, April 14th, 2024