Mardan police has registered a case against a teacher, her husband, family members and friends on a report saying that they used illegal methods to fraud the people of Katlang police precinct and deprive them of their gold ornaments and millions of rupees in cash, local sources and police said. A retired army Subedar, Rozi Shah of Kati Garhi, registered a complaint with the police alleging that Rihab, a teacher at Madrasa Shama-ul-Binnat, with the connivance of her husband Aqil Mohammad received several tolas of gold ornaments and cash from him, were using delaying tactics and not giving him back what rightfully was his.
Rozi Shah alleged that in this whole plot, Rihab’s father Mohammad Ayuab, grandmother Khanzadagi, and Lal Mohammad son of Gul Mohammad and his wife Sakina, Yousaf son of Mohabat Shah and his wife Rangmala, Mohammad Iqbal son of Khan Mohammad and his wife Razia, and Ibrar son of Ayuab Khan, all residents of Kati Ghari, were also involved and part of the team that conned them. He further said that it was not just him but many others as well who were thus deprived of their life’s worth savings. Other victims of this crime include Wazir Zaman, Kabil Khan, Sharafat Ali, Karim Gul, Javeed Akhtar, Kamran Shah.
Sources say that the mentioned teacher had earlier distributed goodwill packages among the poor and thus managed to create credibility and trust among them. But later on, the teacher along with other family members started collecting gold ornaments and cash from the people, promising to give them, and in some cases actually giving them, interest between 10,000 rupees to 30,000 rupees. Later on, she stopped paying interest to the people. But when the people started demanding their gold ornaments and cash back, the teacher and her other cohorts started using delaying tactics. The elders of the area also settled the issue between both parties but the teacher still failed to return what she owed to the people, sources added.
Police has registered first information report (FIR) against the accused under section 406, 506 and 420 of the Pakistan Penal Code, has arrested the accused and started its investigation.
