ISLAMABAD: Robbers shot and injured a man, while cash and valuables worth millions of rupees were looted in separate incidents in the capital during the Eidul Azha holidays.
In the first incident, a gang of robbers shot and injured a man at Dhoke Kalakhan. Three persons armed with weapons held Syed Sarfaraz and his brother at gunpoint when they were standing under a bridge and waiting for a passenger vehicle.
The gunmen looted cash Rs45,000 and two mobile phones from them.
When Sarfaraz put up resistance, the robbers shot him in the leg and escaped.
In another incident, Mr Sherpao told police that he was travelling on a bike and near the wooded area at G-15/4, two armed persons held him at gunpoint.
The gunmen snatched his bike, a mobile phone along with cash and escaped.
Similarly, a gang of robbers looted a motorcycle, a mobile phone and cash from a man at Tarnol. Two persons armed with weapons forced Syed AliHassan to stop and snatched the bike, a mobile phone and escaped.
Moreover, robbers also snatched a motorcycle from a man near a police picket on Murree Road. The armed men intercepted Chaudhry Amir Raza on the opposite side of the police picket on Murree Road toward Faizabad and took away his bike.
Furthermore, a gang of robbers looted a motorcycle, a mobile phone and cash from a man on the Expressway.
Shayan Iftikhar told the police that he was robbed at a pedestrian bridge in Dhoke Kalakhan.
Besides, a gang of robbers in disguise of passengers looted a motorcycle, mobile phones and cash from a man at Shahdara. The incident took place with Alyan Khan, a rider of online riding service.
He said two persons booked a ride from Athal Chowk to Bari Imam. On their way to the destination, the passengers pulled out weapons at Shahdara and looted his Honda 70, a mobile phone. In another robbery, a gang ofrobbers 1 o o t e d c a s h ,motorcycle and a mobile phone from two persons at E-16. Mohammad Yasir along with his friend reached Cabinet Society on a motorcycle. Two person armed with weapons held them at gunpoint and looted a bike, mobile phone and cash.
Culprits in the disguise of officials looted cash Rs1.8 million from a man at I-12. Two persons approached Mohammad Sohail and his brother when they were returning from a cattle market after selling animals.
They introduced themselves as officials and asked them for a body search.
During the search, they took the cash and escaped from the spot in a car.
Similarly, three persons disguised as officials and riding a car looted cash Rs1.8 million from a family at Chistiabad. Ghulam Hussain said the car riders introduced themselves as officials and separated Hussain from his family on the pretext of questioning.
They snatched two bags containing the amount from his son Mohammad Saeed when Hussan moved to some distanceand escaped.
Likewise, culprits in disguise of police uniform looted cash from three persons at Korang Town. Basharat Hussain along with Khuram Shahzad and driver Nazim Hussain was transporting milk. When they reached Korang Town, two persons riding a car intercepted them.
One of the car riders was wearing police uniform. During body search, the man in police uniform snatched Rs250,000 from Basharat Hussain and boarded his car and fled.
Meanwhile, burglars stole cash and valuables from the house of Rifat Mehmood Ansar located in G-6/3-1. The incident took place when the family was out.
Thieves in the disguise of house servants stole gold and silver worth Rs16 million from a house at I-14/4. Rahil Khan had employed a woman and her daughter for working in his house.
Two maids also stole gold worth RsRs7.66 million from the house Allah Wasayo in I-8.