KASUR: Robbers plundered cash and valuables and opened fire at an ambulance in several incidents in the district on Friday.

The driver and the family of a patient had a narrow escape when robbers opened fire at an ambulance near Jalo Morr village on Dhitay Road. Five robbers signalled an ambulance carrying a patient to the THQ hospital and one of them opened indiscriminate fire at the vehicle when the driver did not stop. The ambulance occupants remained unscathed.

In another incident, three robbers deprived prayer leader Muhammad Ismail of Molapur village of his motorbike, cash and a mobile phone.

A gang of three gunmen stormed farmer Tajdin’s house at Gahlan Hithar village and held up the family. The armed men snatched Rs300,000, eight tola gold ornaments and other valuables and fled firing in the air.

In yet another incident, five robbers deprived two farmers of Rs650,000 and cell phones on Ferozpur Road near Pakki Haveli village. Farasat Ali and Muhammad Usman were on their way to Kasur from Lahore by a motorbike after selling their maize crop when they faced the trouble.

A gang of robbers picketed a portion of Multan Road near a private paper mill and robbed passersby of valuables. According to complainant, Muhammad Kamran, a local factory worker, the gangsters stopped him at gunpoint and snatched cash and cell phone from him. He also told police that the robbers roped his arms and threw him in a field where some victims were already lying with their hands and mouths tied.

BODY FOUND: Another young man was found shot dead at Rao Khanwala village.

Earlier, the dead body of a missing youngster was found near B.S. Link Canal on the boundary between Kasur and Okara. The body that was found on July 19, was identified as that of Mubashar, 20.

Allah Wasaiya Masih, father of Mubashar, on Thursday night inquired Adam Masih, a friend of his son, to find any clue to the killing of his son. Hours later, the Raja Jang police recovered the body of Adam from a field. Police claimed to have arrested a suspect.

Published in Dawn, July 23rd, 2022