Seven 'extortionists' Held In Crackdown In Multan

Faizan Hashmi Published October 08, 2019 | 06:43 PM

Seven alleged extortionists were arrested during a crackdown, conducted by joint police teams of Seetal Mari, Mumtazabad and New Multan police stations here Tuesday

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Oct, 2019 ) :Seven alleged extortionists were arrested during a crackdown, conducted by joint police teams of Seetal Mari, Mumtazabad and New Multan police stations here Tuesday.

The action, led by SP Rabnawaz Tala, Secretary RTA Kamran Bukhari and CTO Huma Naseeb, was carried out at public transport routes at Vehari Chowk, Bahawalpur Chowk, Mumtazabad and Chowk Kumharan Wala areas.

Nabbed criminals were booked by different police stations soon after their arrest.

The arrested people were accused of minting money from buses and vans running through intra and inter-city routes. The drivers who refused to pay extortion money were either beaten up or their vehicles were damaged.

DC Amir Khatak said crackdown was launched on locals' complaints.