Police arrest suspect involved in robbing Turkish engineer

Police claimed to have apprehended a suspect they said was member of a gang suspected of robbing a significant amount of money from a Turkish engineer in the jurisdiction of Saddar police station.

Teken Matan was robbed by suspects in police uniforms on Abdullah Haroon Road on April 16.

Police managed to recover a vehicle and a police uniform during the operation; however, one of the gang's accomplices evaded capture and remains at large.

Incidently, the apparently forged number plate of the white sedan is BAD 164, while Pakistan Penal Code 164 stands for abetment in illegal gratification by a government official.

According to DIG South Irfan Baloch, the police had been closely monitoring the criminal group. Four policemen on two motorcycles were stationed at Daudpota Road in Saddar when they noticed two individuals behaving suspiciously in a car on Wednesday. The police officers attempted to stop the suspects, but they attempted to flee. A hot pursuit ensued, and the police fired at their vehicle’s tyres near Lines Area Parking Plaza, which led to the arrest of one of the suspects, Shahid, son of Ali Ahmed Kufar. Unfortunately, the other suspect managed to escape.

The arrested individual and his accomplice were responsible for the robbery on April 16. They forcefully took a bag of money from the Turkish engineer, Teken Matan, at Abdullah Haroon Road. The incident occurred while the engineer parked his car and walked towards a money changer. The assailants, dressed in police uniforms, assaulted him and fled with the money bag. A case has been filed at Preedi police station concerning the incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 13^th, 2023.