Crime: Expatriate worker deprived of cash
Robbers took away 16,000 Saudi Riyals (Rs427,000), a cell phone and other valuables from the victim.
Robbers offered the complainant tea from a flask, as soon as he drank it, he fell unconscious. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
An expatriate worker coming from Saudi Arabia was deprived of cash by armed persons in the airport area.
Umar Zarin, a resident of Battagaram, lodged a report with the police that as soon he left the airport, three unidentified persons, pretending to be new to the city, asked him to sit in their car (LEO-747) to help them reach their destination. He said on the way, they offered him tea from a flask.
The complainant said that as soon as he drank it, he fell unconscious. They looted 16,000 Saudi Riyals (Rs427,000), a cell phone and other valuables from him, Zarin said. The police lodged a case.
Meanwhile, a woman was allegedly kidnapped in the same police jurisdiction. Ansar Nazir lodged a case with the police that his sister Mehak* had been allegedly been kidnapped by Arshad and Nisar from her house.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2013.
An expatriate worker coming from Saudi Arabia was deprived of cash by armed persons in the airport area.
Umar Zarin, a resident of Battagaram, lodged a report with the police that as soon he left the airport, three unidentified persons, pretending to be new to the city, asked him to sit in their car (LEO-747) to help them reach their destination. He said on the way, they offered him tea from a flask.
The complainant said that as soon as he drank it, he fell unconscious. They looted 16,000 Saudi Riyals (Rs427,000), a cell phone and other valuables from him, Zarin said. The police lodged a case.
Meanwhile, a woman was allegedly kidnapped in the same police jurisdiction. Ansar Nazir lodged a case with the police that his sister Mehak* had been allegedly been kidnapped by Arshad and Nisar from her house.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2013.