LAHORE: On a tip-off provided by special branch police, a Pakistan Railways (PR) police team on Sunday arrested a railway employee, along with stolen material, from the main gate of carriage shops, Mughalpura.

According to a PR police spokesman, the suspect, Nadeem Ashraf, a semiskilled employee of the Millwright Carriage Shops, Mughalpura, was carrying the stolen material on a motorcycle which was searched by a railway police team led by SubInspector Ms Mafia Yasmin of Mughalpura police station at the main gate.

During the search, 10 pieces of valuable railway material weighing 72kg were recovered from the suspect.

The police said that during initial interrogation, the suspect confessed to have stolen the material from the railways lifting shop.

A case has been registered against the suspect at Mughalpura Railways police station on the complaint of the SI Ms Yasmin.

CASES: Lahore Development Authority`s Town Planning wing on Sunday filed petitions in different courts to get cases registered against owners of nine commercial buildings/premises for de-sealing their properties, which were sealed for building rules violations in Johar Town.

According to a spokesman, these properties were sealed for non-allocation of parking space at Johar Town`s G1 Market.

The properties included leading brands stores, restaurants, bakeries and food outlets.Staff Reporter