construction work in Sector F-11 a few weeks back. There was an engagement ceremony in the house and dozens of guests were present. The dacoits held guests at gunpoint. Most guests were in the basement of the house.
The dacoits, who were seven or eight in number, moved from one room to another and deprived guests as well as owner of the house of cash and gold ornaments. There was also a boy of approximately 15-17 years, who kept on asking his ‘seniors’ about which things should be picked and which not as booty from the house. The ‘senior dacoits’ gave tips to the ‘young dacoit’ after holding guests present in the house hostage. During this period, a family member kept on messaging police from his mobile phone to inform them about the robbery.
On suspicion, the dacoits rushed towards the boy to teach him a lesson but he managed to hide himself in a washroom and locked himself there. Meanwhile, the dacoits realised that they have been cordoned off by police and resorted to firing on police. They managed to flee from the scene without any trouble and fear. On the other hand, police did not bother to chase robbers, thus providing them an opportunity to flee from the scene.
During course of last few months, police did nothing against this gang allegedly involved in a series of dacoity and killing cases in the capital.
Whenever police high-ups are questioned about organised dacoity incidents in the capital, they say that police are making efforts to bust the gang but to no avail.
The victims of the organised gang, while talking ‘The News,’ disclosed that police officials usually retreat whenever they come face-to-face against these criminals. On the other hand, these criminals didn’t bother to shoot whenever someone dares to resist them.
Fear and insecurity have gripped people living in these sectors and they are helpless against organised criminals. The patrolmen of the Islamabad Police and Rangers, who keep on moving in different sectors of the capital, have never intercepted such criminals. The question is how they flee from the scene when the entire capital is under strict vigilance of mobile and patrolling teams of Islamabad Police and Rangers and there are police checkposts at exit and entrance points of Islamabad.
Who is responsible for this mayhem? Either our law enforcement agencies are incapable or these organised dacoits have got excellence in their looting tactics.
AIG (Operations) Sultan Azam Temuri, the focal person of the Islamabad Police, when contacted, claimed that various gangs involved in street crimes have been busted during last few months. He said police were putting in all efforts to make the city a crime-free zone. “The results will appear within weeks,” he concluded.