Police bust gang involved in theft of transformers

Author: APP

Rawalpindi district police have busted a gang allegedly involved in the theft of transformers cases and arrested four accused, including two IESCO employees, said a police spokesman here on Friday.

He informed that Kallar Syedan police conducted a raid and arrested four accused, namely Usman Javed, Hamza, Painda Khan and Muhammad Usman, four for their involvement in the theft of transformers. Usman Javed and Hamza are assistant linemen in IESCO, he added.

He said five stolen transformers worth millions of rupees were recovered from their possession, adding that a crane being used in the theft of the transformers and a vehicle were also recovered.

The accused used to steal government and private transformers and sell their parts.

The accused have disclosed several incidents of transformer theft in different areas of Gujar Khan, Mandra and Kallar Syedan.

City Police Officer Rawalpindi Syed Khalid Hamdani appreciated the performance of the Superintendent of Police Saddar, DSP Kahuta, and Kalar Syedan’s police team for arresting the most wanted gang members.

The CPO said that all those involved would be brought to justice.

The spokesman informed that other accomplices of the accused would also be arrested.

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