TOBA TEK SINGH: Rescue 1122 teams on Wednesday stopped a search operation for a woman in the River Ravi near Basti Bhuddan Wali, Talmba, after several hours of efforts when they were informed that the woman was alive.
Sources said the clothes and shoes of the woman, a mother of five, were found on the riverbank near her locality, prompting her family to believe that she had drowned.
Rescue 1122 teams launched a search operation and continued looking for her for several hours using motorboats. However, they were later informed that the woman had allegedly staged her drowning and left with a man she had an alleged affair with.
According to sources, the woman had allegedly left her clothes and shoes on the river-bank to make it appear that she had drowned. They said the man later took her to Darul Aman and handed her over to its administrator.
MAN KILLS WIFE: A man allegedly tortured and strangled his wife to death over a domestic dispute and injured his father-inlaw and brother-in-law in Gulshan Mahmood Colony here on Thursday.
According to the first information report registered with Gojra City police, complainant Obaidullah, a resident of Chak 252-GB Lasoori, said he received information that his daughter, Sumbal Atiya, had been beaten by her husband, Muhammad Irfan.
He said when he reached the house to inquire about the incident, he found Irfan allegedly torturing Sumbal by strangling her and pressing a pillow over her face. She died on the spot, he alleged.The complainant further alleged that Irfan also assaulted him and his son before fleeing the scene.
Gojra City police reached the spot, took the body into custody and shifted it to the THQ Hospital for a postmortem examination.
Police said raids were being conducted to arrest the accused.
ROBBER HELD: Police arrested a suspected robber after he allegedly attempted to snatch a motorcycle and valuables from a man in Pirmahal on Thursday.
Reports said the suspect intercepted a motorcyclist at gunpoint near the Fesco grid station on Pirmahal-Sindhillianwali Road.
Meanwhile, a police patrol van reached the spot. Seeing the police, the suspect allegedly threw the motorcycle on the ground and fled towards the grid station.
The police party, assisted byscores of people, cordoned off the area and foiled his attempt to escape. The suspect was taken into custody and shifted to Pirmahal police station.
Police did not disclose the identity of the suspect to the media.
SUSPENDED: Two policemen were suspended for alleged torture of a man at Chak 295-GB Barianwala.
DPO Akhlaqullah Tarar took notice of a video that went viral on social media showing Toba City police personnel allegedly torturing a man at Chak 295-GB Barianwala.
After conducting a preliminary inquiry into the incident, the DPO on Thursday suspended City police ASI Muhammad Khalid and police van driver/ constable Nisar Ahmad.
According to a press release, the DPO also ordered the forfeiture of two years of service of both officials as a disciplinary action.