6 held for gas refilling illegally

Rawalpindi: Police have arrested six persons for gas refilling and selling petrol illegally and seized filling instruments from their possession, informed police spokesman here on Wednesday.

According to detail, Naseerabad police conducted raid and arrested Dedar and Talat Hussain while Race Course police held Muhammad Ali, Jahanzeb, Mishal Khan and Asad Ali and recovered 15 liter petrol and gas filling instruments from their custody.

Meanwhile, police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a fraudster involved in issuing of fake certificate worth Rs40,000 in the jurisdiction of City Police Station.

Police spokesman informed that the fraud came to light when one Rahat Hussain lodged a complaint with City Police Station that Ghulam Farooq Abbasi promised to provide the Matriculation certificate against Rs40,000. But he failed to own his words related to certificate.

During investigation, police came to know that the accused had issued fabricated certificate.

Police have registered a case and started investigation.

City Police Officer (CPO) Muhammad Ahsan Younas appreciated the performance of officials and said that strict action should be taken who were involved in malpractices adding that no one would be allowed to cheat with the public.