The snatching of sacrificial animals at gunpoint continues unchecked in the plagued by crime.
As if wails of people for being robbed of cell phones and motorcycles were not enough, the robbers have now taken up hauling away hundreds and thousands rupees worth of cows, bulls, goat and sheep.
In a similar incident which laid bare the performance of law enforcers, gun totting robbers looted a rickshaw, three sheep, and a mobile phone from a man who had raised the animals at his home with the hope of making profit from sale on Eidul Azha.
Muhammad Rashid Saleem , a barber, was left devastated from the heist on the main road near Aisha Manzil within the limits of Azizabad police station late on Thursday night. Police have registered a case and started an investigation.
Saleem, a resident of FC Area Liaquatabad, told police that he occasionally buys and sells sheep for Eidul Azha to supplement his income. On May 29, after finishing his work near Pyala Hotel, he was heading home in his rickshaw with three sheep when four armed men on two motorcycles intercepted him near the overhead bridge in the Aisha Manzil area. They snatched the sacrificial animals and his mobile phone at gunpoint and fled.
SHO Azizabad Amir Azam confirmed that an incident of snatching sheep from a rickshaw near Aisha Manzil has been reported by a citizen named Rashid Saleem after which a case under sections 392/397/34 has been registered at Azizabad police station. The police have inspected the crime scene, obtained CCTV footage, and initiated action.
Azam added that police mobile and motorcycle patrols have been increased in Azizabad limits, especially in view of Eidul Azha.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, armed robbers entered a livestock farm in Orangi Town, taking employees hostage and stealing seven sacrificial animals worth approximately Rs20 lac.
The incident occurred on Thursday morning in the Iqbal Market station area. Police registered a case and collected evidence from the crime scene. An investigation is underway to identify the culprits, with efforts to obtain CCTV footage to track down the suspects and their vehicles.
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