Three Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) from Hyderabad, Shaheed Benazirabad and Naushero Feroze districts on Tuesday held the press conference along with other team members and claimed to have arrested the dacoits involved in the burglary in the house of PPP MNA Zulfikar Ali Behan within the limits of Dheran Police Station near Moro town on October 29. Mr Adeel Hussain Chandio, Mr Shabir Ahmed Sethar and Mir Rohail Khan Khoso along with their team members during the press conference claimed that the robbers had broken into the residence of the PPP MNA and had held his family hostage for three hours before easily escaping with cash and valuable items. " The police team comprising three SSPs, formed by Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar and IG Sindh Police Mr Ghulam Nabi Memon, on the orders of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah conducted raids at different places in Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and in KP and arrested some suspects" they added and said that during interrogation from suspects, who were rounded up from Pakpattan, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Jhang, Vehari, Umerkot, Sujawal and other areas of the country, they got the significant lead and finally arrested the main culprits involved in the robbery in the house of the PPP MNA.
Mr Shabir Ahmed Sethar, one of the key members of the investigation team, who is also SSSP of Shaheed Benazirabad district, when contacted informed this reporter that police teams after arresting the main suspects also recovered the cash amount, gold ornaments and other valuables from them which they had stolen from the house of PPP lawmaker.He claimed that members of the gang had been active in the high-profile robberies in different areas of Punjab. Mr Sethar also thanked the officials of Punjab police, who, according to him, greatly helped them in their efforts to swiftly arrest the culprits.
Meanwhile, insiders claimed that the gang- was led by a notorious robber, identified as Jesal Baloch, who also once served as a police officer in Lahore and his other accomplices arrested included Rehan, Haier, Ali Sher and others.
The PPP MNA Zulfikar Ali Behan also announced Rs 2.5 million as cash award for the team members, who arrested the culprits adding he highly lauded the professional efforts of all team members headed by Mr Adeel Hussain Chandio.