Two houses looted

Published November 21, 2006

SIALKOT, Nov 20: Four robbers took away valuables worth Rs600,000 from the house of a trader in Model Town, Daska on Monday. Atif Khan told police that the robbers entered his house, held his family at gunpoint and took away cash and other valuables.

Meanwhile, 14 dacoits entered the house of schoolteacher Musarrat Bibi in Tariqabad on Sunday night and made off with jewellery and valuables. They also beat her family members with iron rods and hockey sticks on resistance. Daska Saddar police have registered a case.

GOVERNOR’S VISIT: The scheduled visit of Governor Khalid Maqbool on Nov 21 has been cancelled. — Correspondent

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