Plaintiff receives murder threat

Police arrest three suspects for threatening to kill a woman for filling a case at LHC

TANDLIANWALA:

Police arrested three suspects for threatening a woman to death and subjected in a market on Saturday.

The incident was reported by Saima Sajid, daughter of Sajid Yaqub, a resident of Street 1 Mohalla Nazar Niaz.

According to the case filed, Saima was returning home after filing an appeal in the Lahore High Court when the accused, identified as Hasnain Ghafoor and two accomplices, stopped her and threatened to kill her.

Ghafoor allegedly boasted that no number of cases filed against him would harm him. The two accomplices reportedly blocked Saima's way and committed an immoral act.

Saima reported the incident to the Mansoorabad Police Station, where she had already registered a case against the accused under number 1167/20 Crime 376.

The police have registered a case against the accused under the provisions of 506-294 of the Criminal Code and have launched a search for them.

Meanwhile, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a case against two individuals for allegedly extorting money from a citizen on the pretext of sending him abroad.

According to the FIA, the accused Nauman Afzal and Saqib Randhawa received 17,500 Canadian dollars and relevant documents from the citizen, promising to facilitate their journey to a foreign country. However, they failed to fulfill their promise and continued to evade the citizens' queries.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 9^th, 2023.