The Preedy police on Saturday caught the suspects who robbed gold from the Saddar Sarafa Bazaar a week ago. South Zone police chief Asad Raza said the owner of the factory where the robbery was committed was behind the incident. The looted gold was also recovered, he added.
DIG Raza said the police were informed at noon on April 27 about the robbery of 140g of gold at a gold factory. He said the police launched their investigation, during which they obtained the suspects’ call records, and looked at the CCTV camera footage and other evidence.
The officer said the police found the incident suspicious. He said the Preedy police investigated factory owner Kashif, as well as his family members and relatives.
DIG Raza said Kashif admitted during the interrogation that he and his brother Adil had planned to rob their own factory. They robbed his nephew and relative to get rid of their financial problems and debts, he added.
The officer said the suspects claimed that they had planned to repay their loans with the gold they had robbed. A case has been registered against the four detained suspects at the Preedy police station.
Dacoit gang
Sindh Rangers and police officials arrested five suspects of an Afghan dacoit gang in Sohrab Goth’s Jannat Gul area. They were identified as Rizwan, Hakeem Nawab (alias Chichu), Talib, Asif (alias Waseem) and Mohammad Ajab Khan.
A Rangers spokesman said weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the suspects, adding that they were involved in several incidents of robbing and wounding people in Sohrab Goth, Gulshan Town, Gulberg Town, Liaquatabad and their surrounding areas.
Rizwan and Nawab admitted during the interrogation that they were involved in snatching cash and motorbike at gunpoint from two people sitting in front of a mosque in Block 21, Federal B Area, Gulberg Town, on the eve of Eid.
Asif said he and his accomplices wounded Faizan Aslam during a robbery near Ayesha Manzil. FIRs have been registered against the suspects at several police stations.
The Rangers spokesman said they were also involved in fleeing with mobile phones and cash robbed from people at gunpoint at a tea hotel in the Teen Hatti area.
The suspects can be seen in the CCTV camera footage of the incident that has been circulating on social media. Raids are being conducted to arrest the accomplices of the detained suspects. The arrested suspects have been handed over to the police for further legal action.