5-member Gang Of Dacoits Busted; Valuables, Weapons Recovered

Islamabad Rural Police have busted a gang of criminals involved in dacoities in various housing societies including Defense Housing Authority (DHA) and recovered gold ornaments, cash and weapons from them

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th May, 2019 ) :Islamabad Rural Police have busted a gang of criminals involved in dacoities in various housing societies including Defense Housing Authority (DHA) and recovered gold ornaments, cash and weapons from them.

Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Superintendent of Police (SP) Rural Omer Khan said a special police picket was erected in DHA Phase-II following the directions of Islamabad Inspector General of Police Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar and Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Waqar Uddin Syed.

The purpose of this picket was to ensure effective security in the area and keep high vigilance against those involved in criminal activities.

After setting up of this picket, significant reduction in crime rate was witnessed particularly due to cooperation of the notables of the area, the SP claimed.

The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Bhara Kau Muhammad Essa Khan, Sub Divisional Police Officer Sihala Deputy Superintendent of Police Rukhsar Mehdi, Station House Officer (SHO) Sihala Inspector Muhammad Ashraf and notables of the area were also present on the occasion.

Owing this high vigilance,the SP Rural said police succeeded to bust a gang of dacoits comprising five members.

The gangsters, he said, included three Afghan nationals identified as Imran Ahmed Zai, Dawa Jan alias Abdullah and Fazal-e-Rabi while three others had been recognized as Waqar Ali alias Tura Khan and Rehan Sher alias Ji Khan residents of Swabi.

This gang was involved in various dacoity incidents in area of Sihala police station while police recovered valuables including gold ornaments and cash worth millions of rupees from them.

The accused Waqar Ali alias Tura Khan has also remained involved in various dacoity cases in area Rawat, Sabzi Mandi and Industrial Area police stations while other accused Dawa Jan was wanted to Civil Line, Naseerabad, Saddar Beroni police stations of Rawalpindi and Saddar police station Wah Taxila.

One of the accused Fazal-e-Rabi was involved in dacoity at the house of former Senate Chairman Waseem Sajjad.

During the preliminary investigation, they revealed that they used to enter in the housing societies on a car and sit in the parks.

After 11:00 pm, they used to roam in streets and enter in the houses after breaking the glass windows and grills. They used to make house inmates hostage at gun point and loot the houses.

SP Rural said these gangsters were nabbed by a team headed by ASP Essa Khan including SHO Sihala police station Inspector Rana Muhammad Ashraf, assistant sub inspectors Sajid Iqbal, Tanveer Raza, Fawad Khalid, head constables Faisal Mehmud and Qaisar Mehmud, constables Tahir Mehmud and Ishtiaq.

DIG Operations has announced cash prizes and commendation certificates for the police team, the SP Rural added.