Pakistan’s Hasan Ali reacts throughout the ICC males’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-final match between Australia and Pakistan on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium. — AFP/File
In a distressing incident, robbers snatched over 200,000 money from mom of Pakistan right-arm pacer Hasan Ali in Gujranwala when she was on her strategy to the market.
Ali’s brother Khurram instructed the media that robbers snatched his mom’s purse containing Rs230,000 money and fled from the scene.
He added that the dacoity was carried out by two males using a bike.
Police mentioned that they launched manhunt and culprits can be arrested quickly.
Earlier this month, Gujranwala police had reported a big discount in severe crimes towards property, pushed by a strong crackdown on organised gangs in latest months.
Based on information from the Punjab Secure Cities Authority, Pucar-15 calls acquired within the first 4 months of 2025 present a 47% drop in store theft incidents in comparison with the identical interval in 2024.
CPO Gujranwala, credited the decline to the relentless efforts of the Gujranwala police, significantly the Crime Investigation Company (CIA), which dismantled quite a few inter-district gangs.
From January to April 2025, police arrested 290 members of 113 gangs, recovering stolen property price Rs70.7 million. Whole recoveries in property crime circumstances throughout this era amounted to Rs128.8 million.
