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LAHORE, March 25: A property dealer was found dead at his residence in the Shadbagh area on Tuesday.
The police were informed about the killing of a young man allegedly by his relatives in Bhaggatpura after which the personnel reached the spot and found the body of a man later identified as Gulzar Ahmed, 30. The police later shifted the body for autopsy.
The victim’s family, however, told the police that Gulzar had committed suicide after hanging himself over a property row. The autopsy report, the police said, would ascertain the cause of Gulzar’s death.
Gulzar was a real estate agent and owned a house. The police also recovered a piece of paper from the crime scene indicating that the house was a bone of contention among four brothers. Gulzar, in the letter, had suggested his family not to sale the house and live peacefully.
ROBBERIES: Robbers looted five houses, one shop and three citizens during street crime while thieves lifted six cars and motorcycles in the provincial capital on Tuesday.
Robbers looted cash and valuables worth Rs800,000 from a house in Shadbagh police precincts. Four robbers barged into the house of Iftikhar, held inmates on gunpoint, collected Rs70,000 in cash, prize bonds worth Rs25,000, jewellery weighing 35 tolas and a cell phone and fled.
Two robbers stormed into Nadim’s house in Lower Mall police limits and took away six tolas of gold jewellery.
Four robbers entered Zulfiqar’s house in Ichhra police jurisdiction and fled after looting Rs30,000 and gold jewellery weighing seven tolas.
Two armed people forced their entry into the house of Tabassum Khan, wife of Saifullah, in Nishtar Colony police area, looted gold jewellery, cash and a licenced weapon totally worth Rs300,000 and fled.
Four robbers entered Hafeez’s house in H-Block in Township police limits and took away cash, jewellery and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees.
Five robbers snatched Rs2.2 million and two cell phones from two citizens in Township police precincts.
Bagh Ali of EME Society Multan Road and his friend were on their way when five car riders intercepted them and snatched cash and two cell phones.
Two robbers stopped one Komal in Main Market, Gulberg, and deprived her of Rs11,000 and two cell phones.
Two robbers stopped one Umer Saleem in Firdous Market in Naseerabad police limits and snatched Rs6,000 and a cell phone.
Three robbers entered the shop of an iron merchant near Pulli Stop in Kot Lakhpat area and took away cash and cell phone.
