Kite string slits man’s throat in Harbanspura
Victim breathes last at a nearby hospital
LAHORE:
A 51-year-old man was killed due to a kite string in Harbanspura on Sunday.
The victim identified as Manzoor Hussain, a resident of Nankana Sahib, was going somewhere on his motorcycle. When he reached near Jallo Mor, a kite string ran over his neck. The victim fell down and sustained injuries.
He was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
A police team reached the spot on information, shifted the body to a morgue for autopsy and collected forensic evidence from the crime scene.
Cops cautioned against fake CCPO calls
Fake magistrate held for hoodwinking traders
LAHORE:
Police are on the lookout for a man reportedly involved in impersonating the Lahore CCPO on phone for exerting influence in various matters, a week after apprehending a suspect who triggered an hours-long search operation around Data Darbar by a hoax phone call.
CCPO Ghulam Mehmood Dogar told The Express Tribune on Wednesday that he had come to know that someone had contacted various police stations in the city while posing as him and issued instructions for favours on various issues.
He said a report had been filed against the suspect and his location had been traced in Karachi, but he had now switched off his phone. The CCPO said he had ordered all the SHOs and other officers to only follow the instruction issued from his landline and mobile phone numbers and his telephone operator s official number.
Constable ‘attacked with acid’
LAHORE:
A police constable deputed to remove drug addicts at a canal was allegedly attacked with acid by unidentified suspects in Mughalpura on Wednesday.
Police said the victim identified as Dilawar was posted at Mughalpura police station.
On the day of the incident, the constable as part of his duty went to the canal to remove drug addicts from there.
However, he was attacked with acid by unidentified suspects. As a result of the incident, the victim sustained burn injuries on his face, neck, hands and feet.
The victim was shifted to Lahore Mayo Hospital for treatment.
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A man was arrested for getting his wife and seven-year-old daughter killed in Lahore s Sue-e-Asal, the police said on Wednesday.
On Sunday night, Dilawar registered a police complaint which read that his wife and daughter were killed during a robbery on their way back home from a wedding ceremony in Kasur.
The victims were immediately rushed to the hospital but they succumbed to their injuries.
The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the Lahore police as 36 members of the force, from traffic warden to DIG rank, have been tested positive for novel coronavirus on Monday.