LAHORE, Feb 12: Two persons allegedly stole a diamond necklace worth Rs700,000 from an Indian jewellery stall at Johar Town Expo Centre on Sunday.

The theft took place during the first Indian trade exhibition in Pakistan. It was the second day of the event.

Nawab Town circle ASP Jehanzeb Khan told Dawn that the staff of ND Diamonds alerted the police about the missing of a diamond necklace around 7:30pm. He said the necklace was apparently taken away by two swindlers as one of them, a young woman, fell near the stall and fraudulently behaved as if she was unconscious.

As the stall managers including Kamal Kant focused their attention towards the woman, her accomplice who seemed to be in his 30s got an opportunity to steal the necklace, the ASP said.

He said the suspects skipped from the exhibition before the stall owners realised that their jewel was missing.

The ASP said the expo centre management was responsible for the internal security. He said a case under Sections 379 (punishment for theft) of the Pakistan Penal Code had been registered on the complaint of Kamal Kant.

Meanwhile, a police investigator told Dawn that the CCTV cameras near the stall failed to capture the footages of the suspects and the police would try to trace them on the basis of information provided by the stall operators.

He said CCTV cameras installed at entry-exist points were also being examined.

ROBBERY: Two robbers stopped the family of Irshaad, who were riding a car, in Canal Park and looted cash, jewellery and cell phones worth Rs6 million.

Two robbers deprived Riaz’s family of valuables worth Rs400,000.

Thieves took away cash, foreign currency, gold ornaments, cell phones and other valuables worth hundreds of thousands of rupees from Muhammad Pervaiz’s house at Islampura.

Pervaiz, a retired superintendent of Punjab Industries Department, suspected involvement of his maid Zubaida who is in police custody.

shot dead: A 23-year-old factory worker was found shot dead in a drain along Saggian Road in Chuhng on Sunday.

Some tractor-trolley drivers saw the body and alerted the police.

Police said forensic examination of the body suggested that the victim identified as Ismael of Manchanabad tehsil died of a bullet wound and his head was also found crushed.

Police inquiries showed that a woman of Ismael’s native town used to visit him in Lahore frequently and the murder could be linked with her family.

The police shifted the body for autopsy and started investigation.

ACCIDENT: A 25-year-old man was killed in a road accident near Loharanwala Kho in Sundar on Sunday.

The police said the unidentified man was apparently crossing the road when a vehicle hit him.