ISLAMABAD: Three armed men looted 400 tolas gold and Rs4 million in cash from a jewellery store in the federal capital, according to the police.
According to details, the three robbers, who pretended to be customers, looted valuables worth Rs45 million and managed to flee. A police spokesperson informed that the robbers were between the ages of twenty-five and forty-five.
Station House Officer (SHO) Shabbir Tanoli was suspended over the incident. A case was registered in Kohsar police station while traders had also protested over the incident. It is being reported as the “biggest robbery” Islamabad has witnessed.
Earlier in September, unidentified armed robbers had looted several vehicles on the Lahore-Islamabad Motorway near Sheikupura and fled.
Reports had indicated that an unidentified number of the armed robbers blocked the highway by throwing trees on the road and looted the passengers. The robbers also fired upon the vehicles to burst tyres to stop them.
