Robbers disguised as FIA officials arrested.

Byline: Israr Ahmad

Rawalpindi -- Morgah police have arrested a gang of impersonators-cum-robbers who stormed into house of an army officer in disguise of officers of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and made the family hostage on gunpoint, sources informed on Saturday.

The detained robbers have been identified as Raja Basit, Amir Khan and Akram Pehalwan, against whom a case was registered with Police Station (PS) Morgah under sources said. After an identification parade, a court of law sent two robbers to jail and released the third one namely Akram Pehalwan.

According to sources, a citizen namely Liaquat Ali appeared before PS Morgah officials and lodged a complaint stating a gang of four robbers entered in his house and made the entire family hostage on gunpoint.

He added one of the armed men stood pointing gun over the family while three others started searching the rooms of house. In the meanwhile, the armed robber called back his accomplices when a family member informed him that this house is of army officer. He said the robbers had excused to family members saying they were from FIA and had entered in a wrong house. He said the robbers then fled without looting any...

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