Information About Incident 64518-130381-330668 in Gujranwala 1 Pakistan

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Tracing a phone call, the Police arrested a suspect, identified as Abdullah, a resident of Gujranwala District, who had made a threatening call to one Imran, a trader of Badami Bagh Market, and demanded PKR 2.5 million three days ago.

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• Meta Location: Gujranwala District Badami Bagh Market
• Matched District: Gujranwala 1
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: the Police
• Subject: a suspect , identified as Abdullah , a resident of Gujranwala District , who had made a threatening call to one Imran , a trader of Badami Bagh Market ,

Context

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Lahore Investigation Police on July 24 arrested a suspect for allegedly demanding extortion money from local traders in the Lahore District, reports Daily Times. The traders in different areas of Lahore had lodged several complaints with the Police about threatening phone calls they had been receiving for the past many days. Tracing a phone call, the Police arrested a suspect, identified as Abdullah, a resident of Gujranwala District, who had made a threatening call to one Imran, a trader of Badami Bagh Market, and demanded PKR 2.5 million three days ago. The report said that extortionists continue to hit the city, demanding protection money from businessmen, especially the jewellers and other wealthy traders. Deputy Inspector General-Investigation (DIG-I), Zulfiqar Hameed, however, claimed that that no bhatta mafia was active in the provincial capital and said that some low-profile criminals were involved in such activities, and would be arrested soon.

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