A group of police officers in Lahore has been accused of extorting money from a call centre.
The incident took place within the jurisdiction of the Civil Lines Police station, where a group of police officers, in full uniform, allegedly raided a local call centre, Express News reported.
According to the First Information Report (FIR), two officers, accompanied by their accomplices, entered the premises of the call centre, brandishing weapons.
They then forced the staff to withdraw Rs 300,000 (approximately USD 1,500) from an ATM.
The officers, after getting the money, reportedly took Rs 200,000 worth of laptops and other valuables before fleeing the scene.
The victim, a woman named Amber Nawaz, filed the FIR, which prompted the Civil Line Police to investigate the matter.
The police managed to arrest five suspects, including two of the alleged police officers involved. Authorities have begun further legal proceedings against the arrested suspects.
Last week, Police and Citizen Police Liaison Committee arrested two suspects for allegedly demanding extortion from a hospital owner in Karachi’s Bilal Colony area. A dispenser working at the hospital was also involved in the crime.
The suspect, Tauseef and Umer, sent an extortion slip to Dr Aqeel, the owner of Akhtar General Physician Hospital, within the remits of Bilal Colony police station. The suspects had demanded Rs0.8 million from the doctor. Along with the extortion note, the accused had also sent a 9mm bullet in an envelope as a threat besides sending a letter to Dr. Nazia and Dr. Aqeel threatening to kill them if the extortion money was not paid.
The mobile phone and SIM card used in the extortion case have been recovered from the possession of the accused. The police have also retrieved the threatening conversation data.
Umer, working as dispenser in the hospital, provided information about the owner and the clinic to the main accused Tauseef. As per the settlement, Umer was supposed to get 50 per cent of the extortion amount for providing the information
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