Robbers impersonating cops loot family

FIR added the home invaders took Rs18.3 million in cash and valuables

RAWALPINDI:

The Civil Lines police said on Thursday it had registered a case of robbery in which three men dressed in police uniforms broke into a house in the Dhoke Chiragh Deen area and deprived its residents of Rs18.3 million in cash and valuables.

According to the first information report (FIR), filed on the complaint of victim Hasnat Ahmed, the three men forcibly entered his residence on the midnight between Wednesday and Thursday. They locked the family in separate rooms.

They also broke open the almirah in one of the rooms and took the Rs17 million he had in cash. The FIR added that that the home invaders also took six to seven tola gold jewelry, worth around Rs1.2 million.

Police said it was acquiring CCTV footage of the area as well as geofencing. The forensic teams have collected evidence from the house, they said, as well as a description of the accused provided to them by the victims.

Evidence including fingerprints collected from the scene would be sent to the forensic laboratory for analysis, said investigators.

They added that they had shown images and recordings from other such home invasions to the family in order to see if they could identify someone. According to the complaint, Ahmed worked as ‘dropshipper’ on the Amazon website.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st, 2023.