News in brief: Islamabad, Rawalpindi roundup

Charred body found dumped

The police on Wednesday found a charred body dumped in the shrubs of the densely populate area of Sector G-7/3. The police officials said that they were on patrol when they caught a glimpse of a burnt body in the bushes near the residential quarters of the government employees. They added that the body was charred beyond recognition. However, the police searched the surroundings and found a national identity card (NIC) and cash from the site. As per the NIC, the victim was named Muhammad Zameer. His mentioned present address was in Sohawa Union Council (UC) whereas the permanent one was in the Gujjar Khan area of Rawalpindi. The body was shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for autopsy. The police have started a probe into the incident. 

Pistol seized from passenger 

A man heading to London via Abu Dhabi was arrested at Islamabad International Airport for carrying a pistol and 25 bullets in the luggage. The British national of Pakistani origin, Fawwad, was travelling with his sister. Customs handed over Fawwad to police however, the woman was allowed to go home.

Couple held for gunrunning 

Police claimed to have arrested a man and his wife and recovered pistols and bullets from them. Racecourse police station officials said that they received secret information on which they stopped a car going towards Girja Road with a couple inside it. The police frisked the driver, Fazal Malik, who hailed from Charsada and recovered a pistol in a back holster. The police then searched the vehicle and found two pistols and ammunition hidden underneath the driver’s seat. Later, the women constables were called for searching the suspect’s wife, Haya Noor. The policewomen recovered three pistols and bullets from Noor’s handbag too. The couple was arrested and shifted to the police station. Racecourse police station SHO Inspector Mian Abbas said that the couple was smuggling the firearms and bullets to Sialkot for their customers. He added that collectively, the police recovered six pistols and 200 bullets from the suspects’ possession. 

CPO offers help to rickshaw driver

The Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Ahsan Younus visited the rickshaw driver who had torched his three-wheeler as a protest against highhandedness of traffic cops. CPO commiserated with the driver, Wali Jan, and gave him some cash to get his vehicle repaired.

After the incident surfaced on Tuesday, CPO ordered Rawal SP Rai Mazhar to probe into the matter. During the investigation, it was learnt that neither the police wardens assaulted Jan nor penalised him on traffic violations. Instead, the rickshaw driver had committed the act as he was irked over his financial condition. 

After learning this, the CPO visited his house and sympathise with him. The police chief also handed over cash to the driver to get his vehicle fit again.

CPO said that no injustice was found during the investigation on part of the police and the act committed by the disgruntled driver was not appreciable at all. However, on humanitarian basis, the police helped the rickshaw driver so that he could earn a livelihood again in a respected manner.