Two held for demanding Rs1m from revenue man

6th September, 2013

Two held for demanding Rs1m from revenue man

GUJRAT, Sept 5: Police on Thursday arrested three people for allegedly demanding extortion money from a revenue official and hurling threats at him.

District Police Officer Ali Nasir Rizvi told reporters at a news conference in Police Lines that the accused, Muhammad Akram of Kashmir Pura locality and Muntazir Abbas of Nut Tiba, a dismissed clerk of Gujrat DCO office, had made threatening calls to Gardawar Riaz Gujjar and demanded one million rupees from the revenue official.

Mr Rizvi said Lalamusa Sadar police had arrested the both accused who during investigation revealed they were being backed by two fugitives -- Muhammad Nawaz and Mazhar Iqbal -- wanted in connection with a triple-murder committed in Lalamusa back in 2008.

The DPO said the police raided various locations in Gujrat city and arrested a notorious outlaw, Mazhar Iqbal, who was involved in extortion.

Earlier, the DPO presented two accused -- Abid Hussain of Julliani and Rashid Hussain of Bhand Garan, Kharian tehsil, before the media, saying they were involved in making threatening calls to a good number of traders and demanding hefty amounts from them. He said three different cases had been registered against the both accused in two police stations of the city.

He said Abid used to make threatening calls and his accomplice Rashid would provide different SIMS to him registered in the name of fake subscribers.

The DPO stressed the need for making the SIM registration process foolproof. He said the system had various flaws which were exploited by the outlaws.

(Daily Dawn)

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