The Industrial Area Zone police have busted a five-member gang of dacoits involved in more than 30 dacoities in the area, the murder of a trader and firing on Eagle Squad.
Addressing a press conference on Friday at Rescue 15 office, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Waqaruddin Syed said Inspector General of Police Islamabad has directed all police officials to maintain high vigilance against criminal elements in their area and effective crackdown against them.
He also said that special teams were constituted by SP Industrial Area Sumera Azam to trace those involved in crime of serious nature in the area.
These teams including Deputy SP Fida Hussain Satti, Station House Officer Sabzi Mandi police station Tariq Rauf, Assistant Sub Inspectors Muhammad Ramzan, Zulfiqar and others worked hard and succeeded to bust a gang of dacoits hailing from Afghanistan.
They were identified as Javed s/o Shireen Agha, Muhammad Zada alias Mazare s/o Sahibzada, Habib alias Javed s/o Jannat Gul, Zahir Shah s/o Abdullah Khan and Khalid s/o Said Gul. Police also recovered four bikes, four pistols, a dagger and five mobile phones from them.
During the preliminary investigation, they confessed the murder of Ahmed Bux after firing on him when he was going back from Sabzi Mandi Area with money on him. They also admitted an encounter with Eagle Squad of Islamabad police and of opening fire on the personnel.
Moreover, they also informed police about their involvement in more than 30 dacoity cases in Industrial Area police station and also in other areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad including Tarnol and Golra.
The SSP Operations said that these criminals had been at large because they used to strike in twin cities and then escape to Afghanistan. After disbursing the looted amount, they used to come again in the area and commit dacoities.
SSP Operations Waqaruddin Syed said that the police was looking for these criminals and finally succeeded to nab them after efforts of SP Sumera Azam.
He said that the lady police officer was working hard to eliminate crime from the area.
He appreciated the steps taken by the Industrial Area Zone police under the guidance of a lady police officer to combat crime and hoped more success in future. SP Investigations Syed Mustafa Tanveer was also present on the occasion.
SSP Islamabad also appreciated the overall performance of police teams of Industrial Area Zone and announced cash prizes and commendation certificates for them.
He said the names of personnel in these teams would be forwarded to the IGP with recommendation of special prizes to them.
Published in Daily Times, January 26th 2019.
