The city police claimed to have arrested four member of a bank robbers’ gang along with their leader on Wednesday.
SP Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Farooq Awan told a private TV channel that the accused were arrested during a police action in SITE Industrial area.
“We conducted raid on a tip off about their presence in SITE Industrial area,” the officer said. He claimed the alleged robbers were involved in seven bank heists in Defence, New Town, Temuria, Gizri and other areas of the city and looted over 10 million rupees.
Awan said footage of a bank robbery at Tipu Sultan Road helped police track down the four dacoits, including their chief, from whom the law-enforcers recovered Rs 1.5 million cash and arms during a raid.