Gang busted

Rawalpindi : Rawalpindi district police have busted a gang allegedly involved in the theft of transformers cases and arrested four accused including two Iesco employees, said the police spokesman here on Friday.

He informed that Kallar Syedan police conducted a raid and arrested four accused namely Usman Javed, Hamza, Painda Khan, and Muhammad Usman, four for their involvement in the theft of transformers.

Usman Javed and Hamza are assistant linemen in Iesco, he added.

Five stolen transformers worth millions of rupees were recovered from their possession, he said adding, a crane being used in the theft of the transformers and a vehicle were also recovered.

The accused used to steal government and private transformers and sell their parts. The accused have disclosed several incidents of transformer theft in different areas of Gujar Khan, Mandra, and Kallar Syedan.