Criminal involved in firing at police team arrested

Islamabad : The police, in a big breakthrough, have nabbed three members gang involved in armed dacoity in house in Sector G-11 the previous days. The gangsters opened firing on the police party when the police reached the scene during the robbery and injured two cops of raiding party. Two robbers were arrested during the robbery while one managed to escape from the scene that has arrested on Friday.

The gangsters were hailing from Narowal, Daska and had looted millions of rupee in cash and in form of gold ornaments and other valuables in nine hits in different sectors of the federal capital.

The Industrial Area Police have arrested two members of a gang involved in getting ransom from different well off personalities of the city.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations, Afzaal Ahmed Kousar has said that the police have recorded successes in several crime cases recently as they are committed to eradicate crime from the society.

He was addressing a press conference at this office here on Friday. SSP (Investigation) Atta ur Rehman, SP (Industrial Area) Fida Hussain Satti, DSP CIA Hakim Khan, SHO Ramana police station Akhtar Zaman and others were also present on the occasion. Giving background of a case, the DIG told the media that last week, three dacoits forced their entry into a house in the jurisdiction of Ramana Police Station, however, the police immediately got the information and reached the spot. Upon seeing the police party, the accused started firing on them and resultantly two of the personnel, Muhammad Saqlain and Muhammad Arshad got injured. However, the police managed to arrest two accused; Shakaz Baig and Shehram Asghar. The ring leader however, made good his escape from the crime scene.

The DIG said that IG Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman taking notice of the same, directed him for the arrest of the absconding accused. He constituted a team under the supervision of SSP (investigation) to arrest the third culprit. The team, he said, comprising of DSP Hakim Khan and SHO Ramana police station arrested the third accused, Tabassam son of Naseer Ahmed, a resident of Daska, district Narowal. During the preliminary investigation, the accused confessed to having been involved in 9 such incidents of crime including three in the jurisdiction of Golra police station, one in Karachi Company police station and others in the jurisdiction of Ramana police station.

The DIG further told the media that the Industrial-Area police have also arrested two persons for demanding Rs50m from one Waheed Sadiq as ransom. The citizen had stated before SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanweer that the accused had demanded Rs50m as ransom from him. The Industrial Area police had registered a case in this regard. The police team working under the guidance of SP Industrial Area also recovered Rs3.5m from the accused, said the DIG. The accused have been identified as Muhammad Ayyaz Lodhi and Muhammad Owais Lodhi. The DIG said that the IG Islamabad has announced a cash prize for the police teams. He also told the media that two gangs have been arrested for their involvement in street crime along the IJP Road and adjacent areas.