In a swift operation, the Capital City Police have arrested an armed and dangerous bandit who had stolen money from a cloth merchant. The business-man, Muhammad Naeem from Faisalabad, was targeted by the bandit when he was returning after collecting money from shopkeepers.
The police were able to recover the stolen money and a loaded 30-bore pistol with cartridges from the arrested bandit, Syed son of Gul Akbar, a resident of district Orakzai and was presently living in Pesha-war. During the operation, the bandits opened fire on the police team, narrowly missing them, and injuring a passerby, Jamshed who was shifted to hospital for treatment.—APP