Police on Sunday claimed to have busted a five-member gang named as “Asghar gang” involved in robberies and street crimes. Police also recovered looted booty and weapons worth millions of rupees from their possessions.
Sub-divisional Police officer DSP Ghulam Asghar Chandia told reporters here on Sunday that a team of Taxila Police led by station house officer Sarmad Ilyas while acting on tip-off, raided at the hideout of the outlaws and arrested their five members who were identified as Hamza, Ishaque, Ikram, Muslim and ring leader Asghar.
A team of Rescue-1122 reached the spot and fished out the bodies after searching for almost an hour.