Four Islamabad police officers have been arrested for allegedly carrying out an armed robbery at the home of two Chinese nationals in the capital’s F-7/1 sector.
According to a police officer, the four suspects were wearing police uniforms and carried out the robbery with an accomplice. They allegedly stole Rs. 2 million in cash and a mobile phone worth Rs. 15,000.
Police have registered a case under Section 395 (dacoity) of the Pakistan Penal Code and initiated legal proceedings against the arrested officers.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), the incident occurred at around 2:20 a.m. when a man wearing a police uniform entered the property and approached the servants’ quarters.
He woke up a security guard assigned to the day shift and a driver who were sleeping there and took them outside to a black Toyota Corolla fitted with a revolving police light.
Four armed men, including three in police uniforms, were sitting inside the vehicle. The suspects then took the guard and driver back onto the property along with the car.
The armed men entered the house through a window, held the two Chinese nationals at gunpoint, and confined them and two servants to the drawing room before stealing the cash.
One of the security guards suspected that another guard had helped the robbers enter the property by opening the gate.
Police later identified the suspects through CCTV footage and arrested the four officers.
The incident marks the fourth home robbery targeting Chinese nationals in Islamabad since August 29. In three of these cases, the robbers disguised themselves as officials, while investigations into two incidents identified serving Islamabad police personnel as suspects.
Last month, three serving Islamabad police officers were found to be involved in a robbery gang operating with other accomplices.
Their involvement was uncovered during an investigation into a September 13 robbery in G-10/4, where armed men dressed in police uniforms raided the home of two Chinese nationals and stole Rs. 8 million.
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