The police on Wednesday arrested the mastermind behind several robberies during a raid. According to reports, the Punjab wing of the CIA conducted a raid at a house where Dilbar Khan, notorious mastermind behind many bank robberies, was arrested. The detainee was shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation. In the past month, Lahore has seen a series of armed robberies at banks. Last week, millions of rupees was looted from two separate banks in one day. The robbers successfully managed to escape. Punjab police recently claimed that the money robbed from banks is used to fund militants. Lahore DIG Operations Rai Tahir claimed to have traced down a gang of 34 robbers, belonging to a nearby village of district Kohat, which is involved in funding local Taliban of the area. The arrest of Dilbar Khan seems to be a small victory on the surface, but points to deep-rooted problems in the country. Separately, police also arrested five criminals named Mustaq, Asif, Imran, Naveed and Shabaz who were involved in many serious crimes. Jewelry, arms and thousands of rupees were recovered from the robbers. Another criminal on the Top Ten Most Wanted criminal list, Haroon-al-Rasheed, was also arrested from Jarahwala.
