Four robbers held residents of a house in Gawalmandi Police precincts hostages and looted millions of rupees from them Thursday night. They made away with 25 tolaz of gold jewelery and Rs 0.55 million cash from the house of Abdul Aziz Butt. Four robbers entered the house and held his year-old grandson as hostage. They then tortured him into revealing where he kept the valuables in the house, while also disgracing the women of the family. He said the apparent leader of the robbers was wearing a Punjab Police waist-belt. Police said valuables worth of Rs 1.7 million were robbed in the incident and a case had been registered against unidentified robbers. However, the victim’s family expressed dissatisfaction over the police’s handling of the case, as they had been extremely reluctant to lodge an FIR.
MAN FOUND DEAD: An unidentified man was found dead in Old Anarkali Police limits on Thursday. A 30-years-old male was found lying near Nasir Bagh, who was pronounced dead by doctors when taken to the hospital. Police suspected the deceased was intoxicated. The body was removed to the dead house for autopsy.
