16-year-old girl ‘abducted’ in Attock

ATTOCK - A teenage girl was allegedly abducted in Gali Jageer village in the Fatehjang police limits on Sunday. Mohammad Riaz has lodged a complaint with the police that his 16-year-old daughter, an 8th grader at a local school, was abducted allegedly by Mohammad Noman and his father Mohammad Afzal, residents of Dhoke Morian. The police have registered a case and further investigation is underway.

POLICE SEIZE KITES,

chemical strings

Meanwhile, Hassanabdal police claimed to have recovered a huge quantity of kites and chemical strings and arrested four persons. Investigation officer ASI Zulfiqar Hussain Shah said that on a tip-off, a police party intercepted a passenger van, and during the search, as many as 554 kites and 23 chemical string rolls were recovered. A case had been registered against the four persons identified as Umer Iqbal, Mohammad Naveed, Khurrum Shahzad and Mohammad Shafeeq under Punjab Kite Flying Act 2001 and further investigation is underway.

FIVE SHOS RESHUFFLED

In other development, District Police Officer Attock Ibadat Nisar has reshuffled five station house officers (SHOs). According to a notification issued by the DPO office, Sub-Inspector Mohammad Farooq City Police Station House Officer, Sub-Inspector Tariq, Injra Police Station House Officer and Sub-Inspector Asif were posted to Heinous Crime Unit while City Police Station House Officer Sub-Inspector Mazhar Hussain and Sub-Inspector Atif were directed to report to district Police Lines.

FAKE HONEY-MAKING UNIT SEALED

Meanwhile, the Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has sealed a honey-making unit in Hassanabdal for producing counterfeit honey and confiscated a heavy quantity of the produce.

A PFA team raided the honey-manufacturing unit in Mohallah Sakthi Nagar, however, the owner and workers of the unit fled the scene. The unit was producing fake honey and made honeycombs with the help of sugar syrup, glucose and plaster of Paris. The PFA has also circulated notices to all honey manufactures in Hassnabdal under PFA Act 2011 to adopt standard operating procedures (SOPs) so that their samples will be checked by ISO and Pakistan certified councils certified laboratories.

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