Three-member house burglary gang held in Madina Town

Key Points:

Madina Town police have arrested a three-member gang accused of burgling citizens’ homes in Faisalabad.
The accused, Ilyas, Adil and Ramzan, allegedly stole a gas cylinder, bed sheets and other valuables from a house.
The house theft was reported on August 18 under Section 380, with the stolen goods valued at Rs75,000.
Questioning of the arrested men for recovery and other incidents is under way.

FAISALABAD: Madina Town police have arrested a three-member gang accused of stealing valuables from citizens’ homes across Faisalabad.

A police spokesman said SHO Madina Town Arslan Bari arrested the gang after professional police work. He said the arrested men were identified as Ilyas, Adil and Ramzan.

The spokesman said the gang had stolen a gas cylinder, bed sheets and other valuables from a citizen’s house. He said questioning of the arrested men was under way for the recovery of the stolen goods.

The police handout said the men were also being questioned about other incidents of the same kind. No recovery has been announced so far.

According to the initial report, a case was registered at the Madina Town police station on August 18 under Section 380 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The report was lodged by Muhammad Zeeshan Ali, a resident of Khyaban Colony No 3.

The report said the complainant had found plastic pipe worth Rs10,000, a filled gas cylinder and wiring worth about Rs12,000 missing from his house on August 12. It said the locks of the upper portion’s doors were found broken.

It further said that four bed sheets were also found missing when the house was searched again on August 16. The value of all the stolen goods was put at Rs75,000.

The report said the local police reached the house on the complainant’s Rescue 15 call and saw the place. A written application was then submitted at the police station.

PDFInitial Report No. 1372/26 — PS Madina Town