Dacoits rob bank in Karachi, spend loot on tour of Pakistan

Gulf Today Report

A group of dacoits in Pakistan looted a bank in Karachi and decided to spend their loot on a tour of the beautiful places in the country.

But their luck ran out and they were nabbed by the police.

During Police investigation on Saturday dacoits confessed that after robbing a bank at Karachi’s Two Minute Roundabout last month they left for a Pakistan tour to spend money.

The dacoits were identified as Junaid, Zeeshan and Salman, who is the target killer of a political-religious party, while the mastermind Abdul Sattar is still at large. Rs160,000, (Dhs3,855) two pistols, and six mobile phones were seized from arrested dacoits.

The dacoits in their confessional statement said they only looted Rs0.7m from the bank and had left for the tour.  

The SSP central said Salman is wanted to police in nearly 10 cases of murder and others. Further investigation is underway.

Last month, burglars broke into a local bank, done their plundering, returned, and escaped all in a matter of two minutes in Karachi’s Two Minute Roundabout area.