SHEIKHUPURA
Four unidentified armed dacoits took away cash, jewellery and other valuables worth more than Rs3.8 million from a house situated in Khanpur locality here on Friday.
As per details, four outlaws barged into the house of Umer Hayat Ansari, owner of a fried fish shop at the bank of Upper Chenab Canal. They made the family members hostage and locked them in a room. They collected valuables including cash, gold ornaments, cellphones and other valuables worth more than Rs3.8 million and fled away. The Factory Area Police started investigation. In another incident, a family was deprived of cash, jewellery and other valuables at gunpoint in Housing Colony on Friday. Rizwan along with his family members was going to attend a wedding ceremony in a nearby marriage hall. On the way they were intercepted by three armed highwaymen. They snatched cash, gold ornaments and valuables from them and fled away.