RAWALPINDI: Robbers, burglars and thieves looted 16 motorcycles, 25 mobile phones, cash and jewellery in the garrison city.

Hamza Mehmood, a resident of Arya Mohallah, was deprived of his two mobile phones and Rs100,000 by two gunmen.

Abdul Samad and his two friends had to surrender their three mobile phones and two wrist watches to snatchers in the limit of Banni police.

Similarly, three persons was deprived of their mobile phones and Rs13,000 in Satellite Town.

Mohammad Afnan Tariq lost his mobile phone and Rs50,000 to robbers while Asif Yaqoob was deprived of Rs60,000 and mobile phone by an unidentified motorcycle rider in Lane 4.

Malik Hasan was standing outside his car when a motorcycle rider appeared on the scene and snatched his bag containing Rs138,000 and a mobile phone.

Malik Basharat Ahmad, a resident of Westridge, lost Rs1.7 million and jewellery worth Rs600,000 after burglars broke into his house in the absence of his family.

Chaudhry Hasan Ahmad lodged an FIR with Naseerabad police, saying that two motorcycle riders snatched Rs450,000 in Shaley valley.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2024

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