Dacoits rule in Lahore: 401 street crimes reported in 24 hours

LAHORE : More than 400 incidents of street crimes were reported in past 24 hours marking an increase in the crime rate in the provincial capital.

Reports said that the city suffered seven instances of banditry, 74 bike lifting, three cases of burglary, a car theft, seven motorbike snatchings, and 308 miscellaneous crimes.

Thieves wiped out Rs1.3 million worth of ornaments and Rs1.1million worth of goods from Muabark Ali’s house and Khalid Awan’s house in Manawan and Raiwind respectively. In another incident, thieves broke the shop’s locks to steal goods worth Rs2.2 million in Raiwind.