Victims beat farmhouse job scammer in court premises

Accused remanded to police custody for one day

A judicial magistrate in Malir remanded Babar, an accused in a case involving the alleged theft of girls' mobile phones at a farmhouse in Gadap, to police custody for one day for further investigation.

The complainant girls allegedly beat him with their slippers. Police intervened to protect him and took him to the court lock-up.

The police had arrested Babar the alleged mastermind behind the theft of mobile phones from around 59 women lured to a private farmhouse in Gadap Town on the pretext of job interviews.

The arrest was made following an intelligence-based operation supported by technical surveillance.

As many as 40 handsets and a pistol were recovered from the possession of the accused.

As many as 59 women were picked up in two buses from different parts of the metropolis. They were promised a remuneration of Rs2,000 a day. The jobseeker women were asked to handover their mobile phones to the accused on the pretext that their ringing would create disturbance during the event.

The alleged event organiser disappeared with the mobile phones.

The affected women alerted police, who reached the farmhouse and recorded their statements. An FIR was registered at Gadap City police station. The police arrested two suspects, including a female coordinator.

The farmhouse was booked by a man identified as Waqas, while a woman named Nargis was allegedly coordinating the participants. Sahil Salman was identified as the event organiser.