MANSEHRA: Police here have started raids to arrest a group of women burglars which deprived a family of 17-tola gold jewellery in Gandhian area.
“We have started efforts to trace and arrest the women who entered a house and decamped with gold jewellery and other valuables,” Mohammad Sohail, spokesperson for the police department, told mediapersons on Sunday.
According to the complainant Bibi Arifa, two well-dressed women entered her house in Gandhian area and introduced themselves as relatives of her late husband.
“I took them into a room and they deprived me of my 17-tola gold jewellery and managed to flee,” she told the police.
In another incident, one Raja Moin received bullet injury when his pistol went off accidentally and died in Tambah area of district.
According to his family, the victim was cleaning his pistol which went off accidentally. He was taken to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.
SECURITY BEEFED UP: Kolai-Palas district police officer Sulman Khan said on Sunday that safety of citizens was the prime duty of his department and all resources were being utilised for the purpose.
“We have enhanced patrolling at Iftar and Sehr times to cope effectively with any untoward incident during Ramazan,” he said while speaking to mediapersons.
He said that many proclaimed offenders had been arrested during the crackdown launched last month.
Meanwhile, the Balakot tehsil administration arrested four shopkeepers and sealed three shops over profiteering. A tehsil administration and police department’s team led by assistant commissioner Saddam Hussain visited Garhi Habibullah and Balakot bazaars and arrested four shopkeepers.
WILDFIRE: The wildfire which erupted on Saturday morning at Khatai forest in Oghi tehsil destroyed trees and wildlife over a vast area.
According to locals, the cause of fire, which was extinguished after over 24 hours on Sunday, couldn’t be ascertained as yet. However, they said that in such cases timber mafia’s hand could not be ruled out as they wanted to eliminate traces of illegally cut trees.
Published in Dawn, April 11th, 2022