GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday handed over to Gujranwala police three outlaws wanted in murder and attempted murder cases after they arrived at Sialkot airport.

These suspects were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates through Interpol as they were wanted by the police in the districts of Gujranwala, Wazirabad and Toba Tek Singh.

A senior FIA official told Dawn Aftab Afzal was wanted by Gujranwala Cantt police in a murder case of 2022, Armghan Goraya was wanted by Alipur Chatha police of Wazirabad in a murder case of 2024 whereas Muhammad Ameen was wanted by Saddar Toba Tek Singh police in an attempted murder case of 2020.

An FIA spokesman said the arrest of three suspects had been made possible through coordination between the Interpol and the agency.

Meanwhile, the immigration authorities offloaded a passenger from a flight after his Russian visa turned out to be fake.

An official source said a passenger, Muhammad Shakeel, was travelling to Russia on a visit visa and the probe found his Russian visa was fake.

On further investigation, the suspect revealed that he had got the fake visa for Russia from Raza Shah of Wanjowali area of district Wazirabad against Rs1.5m. The passenger was handed over to the anti-human trafficking cell of the FIA.

Published in Dawn, May 20th, 2025