BAHAWALPUR: The Crime Control Department (CCD), Basti Malook, near Lodhran, claimed to have arrested three suspects involved in dacoities and fraud in injured condition following separate encounters.
According to CCD sources, a team led by an inspector was patrolling FatimaJinnah Town at night when it signalled three motorcycle riders at Bilal Chowk to stop for identification.
The suspects allegedly opened fire on the police party, which chased them. In an attempt to escape, the suspects’ motorcycle collided with a footpath, leaving Shahryar and Ali Raza injured.
The CCD team overpowered and arrested the two suspects, while their third accomplice managed to flee under the cover of darkness.
Officials claimed that Shahryar and his accomplices were allegedly leading a gang that robbed passers-by at night by placing barricades on roads in the area. The team recovered a stolen motorcycle and empty bullet casings from their possession.
In a separate incident, the CCD arrested gang leader Ghulam Abbas in an injured condition during a blockade on Dunyapur Road. According to police, he was involved in robbing passengers travelling in motorcycle rickshaws at night. His accomplice escaped from the scene.
The police claimed to have recovered a stolen motorcycle, a pistol and empty bullet covers from his possession.
All three suspects were shifted to Nishtar Hospital, Multan, for treatment. Officials said cases had been registered against the fleeing accomplices.
CCD Regional Officer Salim Ahmed Khan Kalachi awarded commendation certificates to the team.
DRUG COURT: The drug court on Monday announced verdicts in two separate cases involving Kahrorepucca and Dhanot in Lodhran district, imposing fines totalling Rs50.7 million and awarding sentences to the accused.
In the first case, Sajjad was fined Rs25.5m and sentenced to eight years in prison in a case in Kahrorepucca.
In the second case, involving unregistered medicines and registered at Dhanot police station, Muhammad Junaid, who runs a clinic in Hasilwala, was fined Rs25.2m and sentenced to five-year rigorous imprisonment.
Both cases had been instituted by the drug inspector in Lodhran.
CONVICTION: District and Sessions Judge Shaukat Ali has sentenced a man to death and awarded another 10 years in prison in a murder and attempted murder case over a land dispute in Burewala tehsil. Four other convicts were also fined.
According to the prosecution, the six convicts were involved in an attack at Chak No. 457/EB, within the jurisdiction of Saddar Burewala police station, in 2024 over a dispute involving two kanals of land.
During the incident, the accused allegedly shot dead Muhammad Shehzad and attacked several others with an axe, injuring them.
The injured were identified as Nadeem, Abdul Jabbar, Manzoor, Zulfiqar, Ehsan, Zahoor and Saifan Bibi, according to the prosecution.
Police registered FIR No. 429/24 under relevant sections of the law and submitted challans against the accused after their arrest.
The court sentenced the prime accused, Muzamil Hussain, to death and imposed a fine of Rs2m.
Another convict, Akhtar Hussain, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, fined Rs50,000 and ordered to pay Rs967,619 in compensation.
The remaining four convicts — Abdul Ghaffar alias Kali, Ehsan, Waqas Aziz alias Vikie and Muhammad Farooq — were fined varying amounts and ordered to pay compensation ranging from Rs25,000 to Rs80,000.
Published in Dawn, October 13th, 2026
