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Noose tightened around burglars as cops bust 2 gangs
—Recover hefty valuables as well
By Uzma Zafar

ISLAMABAD—CIA Cops busted two gangs, here this Wednesday, nabbing 4 while recovering stolen items worth millions of rupees, disclosed SSP Islamabad; Capt. ® Ahmad Latif, at a press conference held at CIA Headquarters. He said that the accused were involved in looting people at gunpoint and have further confessed of barging into 10 houses while the cops have recovered 14 cell phones, gold ornaments, wristwatches, weapons and vehicles used in various dacoity instances.
IGP Islamabad; Kalb-i-Abbas and SSP Islamabad; Capt.(R)Ahmad Latif had, taking a note of the growing number of dacoities within the city, had assigned the task of countering the menace to SP Investigation; Sajid Kiyani and SP West; Nasir Aftab. Thus the said officers constituted a special team headed by In-Charge CIA; Bashir Ahmad Noon which arrested 2 of a notorious gang and recovered a car MR-567 along 10 fake number plates, 1 laptop, an iron, a blanket, 12 mobile phones, 15 gold bangles, gold jewellery and weapons used in various offences. The nabbed culprits were later identified as Rafique alias Ejaz Shakoor R/O Ichra; Lahore and Imran Qadeer alias Khurram Nizami R/O Harbanpura; Lahore. 3 other of their accomplices be Tanveer alias Pappi R/O Multan Road, Samanabad; Lahore, Usman Ghani alias Riaz, R/O Multan and Ashraf alias Achu, R/O Lahore are still at large.
Moreover, the accused have further confessed that they had hired a car form Burewala, District Vehari and entered houses with open gates. They used to make house inmates hostage at gunpoint and snatch away valuables. They have admitted looting 10 houses in Islamabad alone, being that of Akram Zaheer; House No. 24, St. No 98, Sector G-9/4, Ms. Rehana Perveen; Mian Double Road, G-11/3, Nauman Ashraf; House No. 156, St. No 60, Sector G-9/4, Kaleem Ahmed; House No. 112, St. No. 885, Sector G-8/1, Hussain Ahmed; House No. 339, St. No. 441 Sector G-9/1, Fazal Elahi Awan; House No. 852 St. No. 20 Sector G-10/1, Muhammad Nasir; House No. 66 St. No. 2 Sector G-11/1, Mushtaq Ahmed; House No. 642, St No. 8, Sector G-10/1, Jan Muhammad; House No.719, St No. 103 Sector G-9/4 and Abdul Majeed Tariq; House No. 351 St. No. 57 Sector G-10/4.
Meanwhile, CIA Cops also busted another gang. The arrested culprits were identified as Sher Dil S/O Khushal resident of Mardan, Abdul Saadiq S/O Rehman, R/O G-11/1 and Saleem alias Koki S/O Abdul Majeed R/O Dhok Kashmirian, Islamabad. They accused have confessed of breaking into various houses and looting valuables including 14 wristwatches, 2 mobile phones, gold ornaments, TV and DVD from the houses of Yaqoob Ali; House No. 595 B, St. No. 6 sector G-11/1 and Saqib Mushtaq, House No. 1315 St. No. 58 resident of sector G-11/2.

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