Altaf Hamid Rao
Mirpur (AJK)
In a massive grand operation against the criminals including burglars, dacoits and thieves, Mirpur AJK police rounded up at least 12 accused, including 04 lady bandits, involved in burglaries and theft cases in various parts of the district and recovered over Rs. 20 million-worth stolen property from the custody of the outlaws, police said.
Disclosing this, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mirpur Raja Irfan Saleem told media on Saturday that the stolen property recovered from the custody of the arrested accused included 89 Tolaas of gold ornaments, British Pounds. Of 24315, Saudi Riyaals 1500/- and over Pak Rs. One million in cash form besides the domestic valuables. “Other looted moveable property recovered from the custody of the bandits include 02 Sazuki vans, 02 pickups, one tractor and 10 motor bikes”, the district police chief said.
“The arrested accused were identified as Muhammad Ibrar s/o Raja Muhammad Afzal R/O Doongi, Kotli, Muhammad Touqeer s/o Muhammad Zardad Sheikh R/O Sector C/3,Mirpur, Muhammad Basharat s/o Muhammad Khan R/O Dangrote, Kotli, Rizwan s/o Muhammad Nizaar r/o Seiri Gala of Khuirata, dist. Motli, Ishtiaq Ali s/o Mushtaq Jatt r/o Panayam, Chaksawari, Bilal and Afzal, sons of Wazir Hussain, Muhammad Saleem s/o Muhammad Amin r/o Chaksawari, Mst. Rani D/O Imtiaz, her mother Nosheen BB wife of Imtiaz, Naheed Akhtar w/o Ejaz and Aqsa BB w/o Assad (all residents of Gujrat District).
Elaborating, the Irfan Saleem that the unearthed registered cases of burglaries include October 22, this year theft incident in the house of a local Dr. Mmtaz Baanday, November 7/8, 2020 midnight burglary in the house of one Naveed Aslam at Sector D/3, November 10, 2020 alleged burglary one the house of Arbaaz Khan and others. To a question, the SSP said, that most of the arrested accused, belonging to outside of AJK, were living in various parts of Mirpur district sans the required registration in the concerned area police station.
