NAROWAL: Police arrested the gunmen who robbed cash from a bank van on Tuesday and killed a security guard.

Two gunmen had taken away Rs10m from the cash van outside the bank.

DPO Anwar Saeed told a press conference the police also seized the looted cash. He said during the robbery, one of the robbers was injured in firing by a security guard. After the robbery, the suspect fled on a motorcycle. He said the police raided a house in neighbourhood Jogian following the blood drops of the injured dacoit. He said the suspects abandoned their motorcycle with their facilitators and escaped in a car.

The DPO said the police traced and arrested suspects Sabatin and Rashid. He said Rashid, who was injured, was undergoing treatment in the hospital. He said four police officers were posted at the bank. He said if the police had acted in time, the accused would not have escaped. He said the police employees posted at the bank had been suspended for incompetence.

According to sources, Sibtain, of Mohalla Jogian, has done MBA. The gunmen killed security guard Shahbaz and injured Mahmood.

Published in Dawn, August 18th, 2022