*PESHAWAR – Hello, I’m calling from the US. There is a robbery going on ata house in Hayatabad Phase 6.”*
It may sounds like a line from a movie script, but this is exactly whathappened late Sunday evening in Peshawar.
Maqsood Khan, a police officer deputed at the Tatara Police Stattion inHayatabad said that he received the call informing him that five robbershad entered local trader Atif Shehzad’s house and had held him hostage.
During the robbery, a family member sent a Whatsapp message to a relativewho lives in the US. The relative then Googled the police station andcalled the number to inform about the robbery.
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When the police reached the house, an exchange of fire took place and as aresult one of the robbers was killed. Four others managed to flee, leavingtheir car behind. The police has sent a picture of the deceased robber toall police stations of the city for identification.
Police officials said that the robbers snatched a car at gun point as theyfled the scene.
