ISLAMABAD: Robbers looted cash and valuables including a motorcycle in separate strikes in capital, police said on Saturday.

In the first incident, a gang of two robbers looted motorcycles, cash and mobile phones from four persons in separate strikes at Shaheenabad, located in the area of Tarnol police station.

The police said that two gunmen intercepted Naeem Akbar and Anis Ahmed at Shaheenabad when they were returning home from a hospital after getting medical assistance there.

The gunmen held them at gunpoint and snatched a motorcycle, mobile phone, Rs14,000 cash from Akbar and a mobile phone and Rs3,500 from Ahmed.

Later, the robbers intercepted and held up Mohammad Irfan and Asghar Ali and looted Rs20,000 cashand two mobile phones from them and escaped , they added.

Another gang of robbers looted cash from a milkman came to Islamabad from Sargodha to deliver supply of milk, the police said, adding that they got an amount of Rs550,000 after supplying milk at Saidpur, B-17 and F-17.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2024

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