Multan faces upsurge in street crimes

MULTAN:

The city experienced an upsurge in street crime as a number of robberies and thefts were re-ported across different police station limits.

In the jurisdiction of Chahlic police station, four suspects robbed Sarfraz of cash and a mobile phone.

Similarly, in the area of Shah Shams police, uniden-tified accused snatched a mobile phone from Faheem.

Another robbery occurred in Gulgasht police station limits, where Sajad was held at gunpoint and forced to hand over Rs62,000.

Three accused took away valua-bles worth Rs160,000, while two criminals snatched mobile phones and cash from Waqas in the jurisdic-tion of Kotwali police station.

Amjad was deprived of his cash and motorcycle in the area of Budhla Sant police station, and three culprits looted cash and a mobile phone from Irfan in Qutab Pur. In New Multan a man robbed a citizen of his mobile phone and cash.