ISLAMABAD, Oct 17: Police have booked two employees of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on charges of mugging a student in F-9 park and arrested one of them on Tuesday, the Margalla police said.

Khurram Zain Syed was jogging with his friends in the park on Tuesday when two persons, posing as CIA officials, intercepted him and forced him to hand over cash and his watch.

“The persons, who turned out to be from the PAF, beat my son and snatched Rs5,500 and a wrist watch from him and tried to escape from the scene. Khurram’s friends overpowered one of them “, the boy’s father, Zainul Islam, told Dawn.

The arrested person identified by the police as Atta Mohammad is a guard at the PAF while the other man who fled is an employee of the PAF. The arrested person has been sent to Adiala jail.—Staff Reporter

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