Robbers target children; snatch mobile phones, cash

KARACHI:

Armed robbers have now targeted children and snatched mobile phones and other valuables from them. CCTV footage of the incident, occured in Baloch Goth, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, has surfaced. One of the victims approached the police and submitted an application at Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station regarding the snatching of his mobile phone.

Residents say street crimes have become a daily occurrence in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, with citizens routinely being deprived of their valuables.

According to complainant Umar Mian Dad, he and several friends were sitting near House No. A/102A, Block 13-D/3, Baloch Goth, when three suspects riding two motorcycles approached them. One of the suspects was armed with a pistol. The robbers allegedly snatched mobile phones and cash from him and his friends before fleeing the scene.

Residents pointed out that on Thursday night, motorcycle-riding robbers allegedly snatched a gold ring and other valuables from the wife of senior reporter of the Express newspaper Syed Ashraf Ali in a street near the Sandflip Church area of Block 13-D/2.