FAISALABAD City News

Taxi driver shot dead in Faisalabad
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: A taxi driver was killed by unidentified people here on Monday.
Unidentified people hired the taxi of Anwar Ali of Faisalabad for Lahore. Near Chak 67/GB, the people shot Anwar dead, threw his body on a road and escaped on his taxi. Police are investigating.
PO HELD: On the orders of CPO Afzal Ahmad Kausar, police arrested a proclaimed offender in an abduction for ransom case here on Monday.
Police, on a tip-off, raided and arrested proclaimed offender Mehboob Alam, who was wanted in a case registered with Samundri Sadr police. He was absconding for the last 10 years. He had abducted Irfan Ali of Chak 199/GB for Rs 50 million ransom. Irfan’s friend Muhammad Ilyas of Chak 115/GB, who had helped in the abduction, had already been arrested and was awarded death penalty by a court.
COP DEMOTED: On the orders of the Iqbal Town SP, a head constable of Batala Colony police station was demoted to the rank of constable for negligence in duty. Head Constable Shahbaz Ahmad had allegedly received bribe from a man in a case.

Married woman gang-raped
From Our Correspondent
FAISALABAD: A married woman was gang-raped here on Sunday night.
Imtiaz Ahmad and his three friends allegedly abducted the woman from Batala Colony. The accused took the woman to an unknown place where they raped her. Police have registered a case and started investigation.