7 held for assaulting shop in Koral

Islamabad: Islamabad’s Koral Police Station has arrested seven persons for their alleged involvement in attacking a shop with intention to kill its owner and also recovered weapons from them, the police spokesman said.

The spokesman said that a citizen Bhai Khan lodged a complaint with Koral Police Station that around eight or ten persons attacked his shop by opening fire on it with the intention to kill him. Following this compliant, SP (Rural) assigned the task to SDPO Koral to ensure arrest of assailants.

A police team headed by SHO Koral Police Station Police conducted successful operation and succeeded to arrest seven persons involved in attacking the shop and recovered one Kalashnikov and 30 bore pistol from their possession.

They accused have been identified as Pervez, Ehtesham, Babar, Khuram, Jameel, Ejaz and Mubashir while further investigation is underway from them. The spokesman said that the accused were also found to be involved in various criminal incidents.