Two injured resisting robberies
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Two men were injured during robberies in the Balochni and Rodala areas, while a utility store on Rajana Road was also robbed.
Dozens of relatives of one of the injured men blocked a road in protest and chanted slogans against Balochni police. Police officers cleared the road after negotiations with the protesters.
Police officials said a gang of six dacoits blocked a road at Chak 172RB Bahmaniwala and 150RB Madhuana in the Balochni area and looted travelers for several hours.
The robbers shot and injured a young man, Ahmed, over resistance.
When the police did not reach the spot despite complaints, the injured man’s relatives and local people blocked the road in protest and demanded action against Balochni police.
Khurrianwala DSP Usman Warraich reached the spot and assured the protesters of improving the patrolling system along the local canal. The protesters dispersed after the assurance.
In Rodala, four masked robbers stopped Iqbal Ahmed's son who was on his way home from a garment factory. They tortured and injured him when he resisted the robbery.
Meanwhile, two robbers barged into a utility store on Rajana Road, took staff hostage and snatched Rs70,000 and valuables.
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The robbers also snatched Rs30,000 and six mobile phones from citizens who were present at the store for shopping.
Last month a shop owner was killed in Chak Jhumra by robbers when he offered resistance.
Zaid had set up Jalal Super Store off the Main Road in 196 RB Ghona Area in the jurisdiction of the Millat Town Police Station.
Two robbers on a motorcycle arrived at the shop to loot it. Zaid, Azeem-ul-Haq and Abdul Qayyum resisted them upon which the robbers opened fire on 25-year-old Zaid who died on the spot while the robbers fled.
Millat Town police handed over the body of the deceased to his family after postmortem and registered a case against two unidentified robbers under Sections 302, 393 and 34 of the PPC on the statement of the deceased's brother, Zain, and started searching for the murderers.
In March this year, suspects opened fire on a shopkeeper and killed him after he resisted being robbed in Khurrianwala. Muhammad Kazim, a resident of Chak 37 North, had set up a shop, Awan Studio and EasyPaisa, along with his father, Azam.
The shop is located near Sheikhupura Road.
Two suspects on a motorcycle arrived at the shop late at night and tried to snatch cash from Azam, who drew a licensed pistol to defend himself. The robbers fired first, hitting him in the abdomen and chest.
The robbers escaped while Azam was critically wounded. Rescue 1122 personnel rushed Muhammad Azam to the Allied Hospital where he died in the late hours of the night. Upon receiving the information, police officers, including DSP of Khurrianwala, Usman Warraich, reached the spot where they returned the body of the deceased to his son, Muhammad Kazim.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2022.