KARACHI: Police have arrested one suspect and detained an accountant employed by a Chinese organic meat company for questioning after over Rs37 million was reportedly snatched from the latter by two armed men in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Thursday.
South DIG Syed Asad Raza said Rs25 million had been recovered from the held suspect later in the evening.
He said Mohammed Hanif Metlo had reported to Gizri police that he was travelling along Khayaban-i-Bahria, near Sultan Masjid, when two armed men riding a motorcycle intercepted him and snatched a bag containing Rs37.5 million.
“Mohammed Hanif Metlo works as an accountant for a Chinese organic meat company based in Korangi,” the DIG said.
He added that the accountant had withdrawn cheques worth the said amount from I.I. Chundrigar Road and was on his way to DHA Phase VII when he was reportedly intercepted. The suspects allegedly snatched his satchel, which was placed on the motorcycle’s rear carrier.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that he himself is involved and that the alleged robbers are purportedly his henchmen,” Mr Raza said, adding that the employee had been detained for questioning. The DIG said the incident raised serious concerns about the security of cash transfers.
He pointed out that it was the second reported incident of a robbery involving Chinese nationals. The first such incident had also been reported within the jurisdiction of Gizri police about a month earlier. —Staff Reporter