Sikh family on pilgrimage to Pakistan robbed in Lahore
Sikh family on pilgrimage to Pakistan robbed in Lahore
Lahore: An Indian Sikh family was robbed by ‘men dressed in police uniform’ in Pakistan Punjab’s capital Lahore, police said on Thursday.
According to police, Kanwal Jeet Singh and his family who arrived here from India to attend Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary festivities had gone to Liberty Market in Gulberg area of Lahore for shopping on his return from Gurdwara Janamasthan, Nankana Sahib, on Wednesday.
“When the Sikh family came out of a shop, two robbers in police uniform stopped them and snatched cash and jewellery at gunpoint,” police spokesperson Ehtasham Haider told media.
He said the men robbed the family of Indian rupees 2.5 lakh and Pakistani rupees 1.5 lakh besides jewellery.
After the incident, a good number of people gathered there and accompanied the family to the local police station. The station house officer of the Gulberg police informed his superior who reached there.
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