Armed bandits deprived Business Recorder staffer Chaudhry Shoaib Saleem of his valuables late on Saturday night near his residence. According to a complaint filed at the Shahdara police station, the staffer said when he was about to reach his home in Rehmanpura around 12:45am, an unknown person carrying a silver coloured gun suddenly came in front of him and signaled him to park his motorbike in a nearby empty plot.
He said the armed robbers then asked him to sit down in the plot quietly and demanded his valuables including mobile phone and wallet. "When I was giving away my mobile phone (Huawei Y-7 Prime having two sim cards), a second unknown man came from my backside and frisked me thoroughly," Shoaib was quoted as saying in the complaint.
"During the checking, the second robber stole Rs 2,000 from my right pocket and Rs 1,000 from wallet," the journalist said, adding that the robbers also stole his motorbike (Red Honda CG-125 bearing registration number LEW-18A-3526) at gunpoint. He said the armed bandits were repeatedly saying "you will find your bike from this plot at 4.00am in the morning."
According to Shoaib, the second robbers wearing Shalwar Kameez also snatched his helmet and fled via Saggian Bridge. About their appearance, he said the first robber had tall height, smart physique, tan complexion, small beard and long face. The second robber had bulky physique and small height, he added.
"After the incident, I reached home and called on police helpline 15 around 12:57am," he said, adding that personnel of PRU and Dolphin Squad reached the spot after a delay of 40 minutes and recoded his statement.
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