Cop on duty outside police station robbed
Rizvia Society Police Station raided the area after they were tipped-off about the presence of the AQIS militants. PHOTO: Reuters/FILE
Street criminals continue to operate with brazen impunity in stark contrast to claims by the provincial government and law enforcement that the situation is being brought under control. In the latest incident, a police constable was robbed at the entrace of the Mobina Town police station where he was doing guard duty on Tuesday.
Unidentified men on a motorcycle robbed Head Constable Malik Bashir at gunpoint outside the station before escaping.
SHO Rizwan Tanoli was evasive about the incident however a video of the incident was leaked online.
Street crimes
Armed men robbed a confectionary store in Block 17 of Federal B Area on Tuesday. The incident took place in the jurisdiction of Samanabad police. The CCTV footage of the robbery was shared widely on social media in which one of the men is visible.
The footage shows one robber wearing a helmet standing outside, while his armed accomplice enters the shop.
He robs the customers of their mobile phones and cash before exiting the shop and fleeing with his accomplice.
In a separate incident, a man was robbed at gunpoint in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Phase-2 within the limits of Steel Town police station.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2023.