CHINIOT: A proclaimed offender allegedly involved in 37 cases of dacoity, robberies and other crimes committed across the districts of Faisalabad, Chiniot and Hafizabad, was arrested after being injured during an “encounter” with a Crime Control Department (CCD) team on Monday night.
According to the CCD officials, Chiniot police ASI Irfan was manning a picket on the canal bridge near Kakkay Tibbay village, along with other policemen, when they signaled three suspicious men riding a motorcycle to stop.
They said that instead of stopping, the suspects entered the fields along the road, from where they started firing on the CCD team.
The officials said that a bullet hit Constable Wajid Ali in the chest, but he remained safe as he was wearing a bulletproof jacket.
The CCD team took positions and returned the fire.
After firing from the suspects’ side stopped, the police found one of the suspects lying in the fields with a bullet injury to his leg. He was later identified as Amjad, a resident of Chak No 128, Thathian village.
The officials claimed he was injured in the firing by his two fleeing accomplices.
He was shifted to the DHQ hospital by a Rescue 1122 team under tight security.
The police say that Amjad was a proclaimed offender in a case registered under sections 395 and 412 in 2024 by Nishatabad police, Faisalabad, and was allegedly also involved in 36 other cases of robbery, dacoity, etc.
Chiniot CCD registered a case under sections 324, 353, 186, 34 and 440 of the PPC against Amjad and his fleeing accomplices.
BRIEFING: Local MPAs and federal ministerQaisar Ahmad Sheikh were given a briefing on the anti-encroachment operations conducted by the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority (Pera) during a meeting of the District Coordination Committee held here at the DC office.
The committee was chaired by MPA Maulana Ilyas Chinioti, with MPAs Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Mehr Taimoor Amjad Lali, Malik Rab Nawaz, and Federal Minister for Board of Investment Qaisar Ahmad Sheikh as its members.
Chiniot DC Safi Ullah Gondal and Pera sub-divisional enforcement officer briefed the elected representatives about the working of the authority in Chiniot and shared an action plan to remove encroachments, price-control mechanism enforcement, and retrieval of state lands from illegal occupants.
The DC said Pera has become functional in Chiniot tehsil and soon it will start operation in the tehsils of Lalian and Bhowana.
He said the Sargodha and Jhang roads have been cleared of encroachments, with shopkeepers cooperation. The encroachments outside a hotel were removed with heavy machinery and a
Rs50,000 fine was slapped on its owner, he added.
The elected representatives called for an impartial and transparent implementation of the action plan, regardless of any political pressure.
The DC said the administration has established two cart bazaars in Chniot and work on four others was underway.
District Education Authority Chief Executive Officer Zafar Iqbal Wattoo briefed the meeting about 9th grade results. The MPAs urged the authority to award appreciation certificates and prizes to the schools showing outstanding results and take punitive action against the low-performing institution.
Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2025
