Man arrested for robbing diplomat’s wife

French diplomat and wife chased the man but lost him on the Margalla road


Our Correspondent August 19, 2020
PHOTO: EXPRESS

ISLAMABAD:

Police have apprehended a man who attempted to snatch valuables from the wife of a foreign diplomat.

In a letter from the office of the police attache, on behalf of the French Embassy, said that a gunman attempted to rob the wife of the French Deputy Police Attache on August 1. Isabelle Hilaire, the wife of the deputy police attache Jean Christophe Hilaire, had been chased by a motorcyclist who held her up with a gun in front of her house in Sector F-7/2 and tried to snatch her mobile and other valuables.

Hilaire, a police officer, kept calm and called her husband. Together, they chased the man but lost him on the Margalla road.

Subsequently, Hilaire complained to the Police Lines. SSP Irfan Tarik who immediately advised SP Omar Khan, the head of Kohsar police Station, to investigate the matter. A special team headed by ASP Aqeela Naqvi including SHO Shabbir Ahmed Tanoli and other officials investigated the matter and managed to apprehend the robber with the help of the safe city cameras and other modern technology.

The police team also recovered the motorbike and weapons used by the suspect in the attempted robbery. The French Embassy has lauded the performance of the Islamabad police officials.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 19th, 2020.

COMMENTS (1)

Humza | 3 years ago | Reply

Good but now we need to ensure that security in the capital is tightened to prevent this type of incident from ever happening again. The prompt capture of the criminal should serve as a deterrent and needs to replayed many times on local news.

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