ISLAMABAD: Robbers and thieves looted cash and valuables from 26 different places of the capital, police said on Friday.

On the other hand, 50 people were deprived of their mobile phones in the garrison city.

In the first incident, Bykea rider Ashiq Hussain was robbed at gunpoint and the suspects snatched cash from him along with his vehicle. Cash amounting to Rs1,000 and a mobile phone was snatched at gunpoint from Babar Shahzad at Kattarian Bridge.

Burglars broke into the residences of Bilqees Begum, Naveed Murtaza, Syed Tufail Hussain Kazmi, Sibtul Hassan, Atif Abbasi and Bilal Mukhtar and took away with them cash and other valuables including jewellery, mobile phones and prize bonds. Thieves disguised as housemaids stole cash Rs550,000 from the house of Omer Maher in G-13/2.

Moreover, cash and mobile phones were snatched from Salman Hanif in G-10, Mohammad Azam in I-8/4, M Yasir in G-13/1 and Tahir Ayub in Faizabad.

Meanwhile, a Bolan was lifted from I-11/2, police said, adding that a dozen motorcycles were stolen from G-11/1, Bilal Town, H-9, Sabzi Mandi, Jhangi Syedan, Bari Imam, Golra, Korang Road, F-11/2, G-9/2, and G-10.

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During 75 incidents of street crime reported to police, 50 people lost their mobile phones, 19 lost their motorcycles, six lost their cars and others lost jewellery and cash.

Mobile phones play a vital role in swindling, forgery, kidnapping, vehicle theft and other organised crime, therefore people whose mobile phone have been stolen or snatched should inform the nearest police station, according to a police official.

Mohammad Naqash told Ganjmandi police that some burglars broke into his house and stole Rs350,000, gold jewellery worth Rs400,000 and three mobile phones.

A woman, resident of Chaklala-III was robbed of Rs5,000 and a mobile phone by a motorcycle rider. Habibur Rehman complained to the Civil Lines police that unidentified thieves entered his house and stole his motorcycle, Rs39,900 and a mobile phone.

Hassan Ali lodged a similar complaint with the Civil Line police stating that two beggars entered his house in the absence of his wife and stole Rs61,000, a mobile phone and gold jewellery worth Rs100,000.

Nasreen Akhtar, a resident of R.A. Bazaar was robbed of her purse by two motorcycle riders while she was on her way home.

Sibtain Haider’s two mobile phones and Rs5,000 were snatched by two robbers in Sadiqabad, Najeeb ullah and Suleman Amjad lodged similar complaints with the Sadiqabad police.

Asad Naeem and Amjad Moeen lodged separate FIRs with the New Town police saying that they were robbed of mobile phones, cash and a laptop by unidentified robbers at gunpoint.

Qamar Zaman’s car was stolen from Murree, Zahran Khalid’s car worth Rs2.8 million was stolen from the Airport police area, Mohammad Salheen’s rickshaw was stolen from Cantonment area and Mohammad Siddique’s car worth Rs1.8 million was stolen from the Banni police area.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2022