LPG shop robbed at iftar time

Victims looted of cash and mobile phones

KARACHI:

Footage of robbers brazenly looting an LPG shop in the Central district has gone viral on social media. Six robbers came riding on two bikes and hostage the shop owner and his staff hostage at gunpoint.

It can be seen in the footage that the robbers did not even spare people who were breaking their fast at the shop and looted their cash, mobile phones and escaped.

During the incident, a bandit sitting on a chair also kicked the young man who was breaking his fast on the back.

The victims said that citizens were bearing the brunt of the appointment of frivolous officers in the Central district, losing their cash and mobile phones to bandits who strike with impunity on the roads, shops and at homes.

They said Provincial Interior Minister should play his role in appointing officers with professional skills in the Central district.

When SHO Gulberg Zahid Lodhi was contacted in this regard, he said that no one has reported the incident to the police.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2024.