Bandits deprive people of valuables

police say Shahid was returning home when three armed outlaws snatched 2 cellphones and Rs40,000 from him at gunpoint

MULTAN: At least five people were deprived of cash, motorcycle, jewellery and other valuables by armed outlaws in separate incidents in Multan on Sunday. The police said Muhammad Shahid was returning home when three armed outlaws snatched two mobile phones and Rs40,000 from him at gunpoint in the limits of Mumtazabad police station. In another incident, four armed men snatched motorcycle and mobile phone from Babar Ameen. Two outlaws looted Rs18,500 from a shopkeeper Shah Behram near Bahauddin Zakariya Town. Meanwhile, two armed outlaws looted Rs14,000 from the shop of Salman, in the limits of Seetal Marri police station. In yet another incident, Rizwan and his wife were deprived of cash, jewellery and mobile phones worth Rs210,000 by armed outlaws near G-Block, Shah Rukan-e-Alam Colony.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2017.