Sikh family looted near Nankana Sahib

LAHORE: Police have arrested a group of dacoits who robbed a Sikh family of thousands of rupees in cash, mobile phones and other valuables, Geo News reported.

DPO Nankana Sahib Gulam Mubashir told a press conference that the Sikh family was looted while they were on their way home back to Lahore in a taxi after attending ceremonies in connection with the birth of Baba Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib.

He said that the taxi in which Sardar Hardiyal Singh and his family were traveling in was intercepted by armed riders near Pipalwala bypass. The robbers looted the family and fled the scene.

The police officer told media that police registered a case and arrested the taxi driver who later confessed to his complicity in the robbery. He said that the police arrested three other robbers who were identified as Zulfiqar alias Zulfi, Munir alias Muniro and Attaullah and recovered money and others valuables from their custody.

He said that the recovered money and other stuff had been returned to the Sikh family.