Five-member gang smashed


LAHORE – City Police Division SP (operations) claimed that a notorious gang involved in multiple crimes was busted on Wednesday.
During preliminary interrogation, the arrested culprits including ringleader Mushtaq alias Mushtaqi and his accomplices Asif Masih, Muhammad Imran, Naveed Ahmed and Shahbaz Masih have confessed to committing several crimes in different areas of the City.
SP City Multan Khan expressed these views while addressing a press conference at his office on Wednesday. He further said the same gang had been operating in the City since long. “We have recovered cash amounted to millions of rupees, cell phones, gold ornaments, and other valuables from their possession,” he stated.
Answering a query, he revealed that the culprits had shot dead their accomplice namely Ijaz alias Bhali over his demand of share from looted money and got registered a case against their rivals at Manga Mandi. The SP further stated that the arrested culprits had also gunned down a trader Salim Bhatti after kidnapping him.
Meanwhile, SP (operations) Saddar Police Division directed his subordinates to round up the Top-10 gangsters of each police station as soon as possible. While chairing a meeting at his office, the SP said Sato Katla SHO had arrested one of the Top-10 gangsters Ijaz alias Jaji.
Also, at least four people including three children wounded seriously when the rooftop of a snooker club caved in Nawan Kot Area, rescue workers said on Wednesday.

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