Cash, valuables looted from 24 places in capital.

ISLAMABAD -- Robbers and thieves looted cash and valuables from 24 places in the capital, police said on Saturday.

M. Habib complained to the police that he made friendship with a girl on Facebook who expressed her desire to marry him.

She asked him to meet her at a ground in Dhoke Jillani.

When Mr Habib reached there, he found two persons waiting for him. They beat him up at gunpoint and snatched Rs50,000 and a mobile phone from him and escaped.

In another incident, three persons armed with weapons raided the dental clinic of Ahsan Ali at I-8 Markaz and held up the staff and clients at gunpoint. The robbers looted eight mobile phones, a laptop, Rs15,100, three gold rings and a pair of earrings and a locket.

Moreover, four armed persons intercepted M. Zaydan at Merabadi when he was returning home on a motorcycle and took away his motorcycle, a mobile phone and Rs4,000. Two gunmen held up Saghir Ahmed at I-9/1 when he was returning from a bank after withdrawing cash and snatched Rs180,000 and fled.

Likewise, two robbers riding a bike intercepted M. Ismail at Lethrar Road and snatched Rs10,000 and a mobile phone and escaped. Police said the robbery victim chased, intercepted and pulled them down, however, the robbers escaped on foot, leaving behind the...

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