{"id":13896,"date":"2025-05-05T15:57:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=13896"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:58:05","slug":"protectors-turned-looters-lahore-police-officers-kidnap-trader-for-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=13896","title":{"rendered":"Protectors Turned Looters: Lahore Police Officers Kidnap Trader for Extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"419\"><strong>In Lahore, the protectors turned out to be robbers as police officers kidnapped a trader from Sindh, subjected him to torture, and extorted Rs. 100,000 by threatening to kill him in a staged encounter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"667\">On the night of April 29, five uniformed officers from the Qila Gujjar Singh Police\u2019s Muhafiz Force set up a checkpoint on Abbott Road and stopped trader Mushtaq Ahmed, who had arrived from Sukkur, at gunpoint and abducted him to a deserted area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"767\">According to police, the trader was tortured and threatened with being killed in a fake encounter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"769\" data-end=\"1060\">CCTV footage showed two uniformed officers taking trader Mushtaq Ahmed on their motorcycle. Upon reaching Neela Gumbad, Anarkali, the officers stopped outside a bank where the trader withdrew cash from an ATM. After receiving the money, the officers fled, leaving the trader on the roadside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1178\">Upon the trader\u2019s complaint, Old Anarkali Police registered a case against the five officers from the Muhafiz Force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1180\" data-end=\"1295\">According to police officials, all five suspects have been identified and raids are being conducted to arrest them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lahore, the protectors turned out to be robbers as police officers kidnapped a trader from Sindh, subjected him to torture, and extorted Rs. 100,000 by threatening to kill him in a staged encounter. 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