Robbers deprive people of cash, valuables

Islamabad police bust Billa Gang of Rawalpindi, recover looted money, weapons

RAWALPINDI:  

Citizens were deprived of cash and valuables in various incidents of crimes in the city. According to police two robbers riding a motorbike snatched purse from Neelum Bibi containing Rs60,000.

The motorcycles of Usman Shabbir and Muhammad Saleem were stolen from Cantonment and Westridge police stations respectively.

Further, a rickshaw and a car were stolen from Naseerabad while Raja Noushad told the Raja Bazaar police that he was intercepted by three unidentified people who looted Rs0.2 million from him and Rs30,000 from his friend Sajid Shah.

Moreover, three suspects including a woman robbed Rs0.8 million from Naseer Ahmed’s house. Whereas, conmen deprived Muhammad Naveed of Rs50,000 in Pirwadhai area on the pretext of a sale-purchase deal of a plot while Afzal handed over bogus house papers to Zulfiqar after collecting Rs0.5 million from him.

Rubina Bibi told the Civil Line police that Sajid Lateef deceived her of an insurance policy and looted more than Rs3 million from her while Zeeshan Amjad told Saddar police that his employee, Iqbal Hasan, stole Rs0.3 million from his shop.

Crime in capital

The Islamabad police have busted two gangs of criminals and recovered a snatched vehicle and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said on Saturday.

The spokesman, in a statement, said Muhammad Tanveer son of Muhammad Nazir, resident of Askari Scheme III reported to the Nilore police that three boys had booked his vehicle on rent for Thanda Pani and later snatched it along with its documents at gun point.

Following this report, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Malik Naeem Iqbal constituted a special team headed by Station House Officer (SHO) Nilore Mahr Mukhtar, which worked hard and arrested the three gangsters, Raqeeb alias Chota Billa, Khalil and Jamil.

The police also recovered the snatched vehicle and weapons from them.

During preliminary investigation, it was found that the accused were members of a notorious Billa Gang and were involved in various dacoity cases in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Meanwhile, a Khanna Police team headed by SHO Sattar Shah arrested two dacoits Moeen and Zubair with weapons and ammunition,

Published in The Express Tribune, June 30^th, 2019.