Busted: Two alleged robbers held

Police claim both are robbers and had snatched Rs600,000 from a person who had drawn cash from a bank few days ago.

RAWALPINDI:


The traffic police on Friday arrested two men from the Cantonment area of Rawalpindi and handed them over to the Cantt Police.  Traffic Warden, Qalbe Abbas and Abid Bhatti signaled the two men to stop at T&T Chowk in Saddar but they began to run.



The wardens chased and arrested them. In the initial report, both were identified as Shafique, a resident of Gujranwala and Rashid, resident of Sahiwal.

The police claimed that both are robbers and had snatched Rs600,000 from a person who had drawn cash from a bank few days ago. Chief Traffic Officer (CTO), Dr Muhammad Azam announced cash prizes and certificates for the police officials for their good performance.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2011.
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