Rashid visits hospital to inquire after health of injured police officials
Zubair Qureshi
Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Saturday visited District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) Rawalpindi to inquire about the health of police officers injured during a heavy exchange of fire between police and armed dacoits in Islamabad.
Lauding valuable services of the Police departments of the twin cities for maintaining law and order, he paid tribute to police officials and said their sacrifices would not go waste.
The Minister said the security personnel professionally dealt with the situation in which five police officials were injured out of one was in critical condition while two dacoits were killed during the operation.
Sh Rashid said that awards would be given to the courageous policemen after the Organization of Islamic (OIC) Foreign Ministers Conference.
The Interior Minister informed that a new security plan would be devised for Islamabad after the OIC meeting, adding 16 more state-of-the-art security vehicles equipped with the latest technology would be provided to Islamabad Police in addition to seven vehicles while 125 mobile squads were also patrolling in the Capital areas to control crime.
Two robbers were killed and three police personnel sustained bullet injuries during an encounter between the armed gang of robbers and the law enforcers Saturday morning in Islamabad.
According to police, the robbers were associated with the notorious Bilal Gang.
The armed highwaymen were fleeing after depriving the residents of a house of millions of rupees in cash and jewelry in Sector F-8/I.
The police patrolling team upon receiving the information started chasing the robbers.
During the chase, a heavy exchange of fire took place between the two sides and resultantly three of the robbers were killed.
During the encounter, three policemen were also injured.
The dacoits killed in the encounter were identified as Wajid and Arshad.
Speaking to the media, IG Police Ahsan Younus said a search operation was underway to arrest other members of the gang.
“The Bilal Gang has been involved in several robberies in Islamabad’s posh localities, from where they have looted millions of cash, jewelry, and expensive vehicles,” IG Younus said.
