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KARACHI:

Armed robbers looted over Rs20 million in cash, gold, and valuables from the flat of Keamari Muktiarkar Gada Hussain Abro, a Grade-16 government officer, in DHA Phase 6 on October 27.

According to Darakhshan police SHO Shahid Taj, the robbery was allegedly orchestrated by Abro’s domestic servant, Adnan Malik, who has been arrested, while his two accomplices remain at large.

“Around 2:30pm, my wife called to inform me that armed men had entered our home and looted valuables,” Abro stated in his FIR.

He said two unidentified men knocked on the door, which was opened by the servant Adnan, allowing the robbers inside. They confined the family in one room and looted Rs15 million in cash, an iPhone 13 Pro Max, another touchscreen mobile phone, gold jewelry including two rings, three chains, a gold necklace set, a laptop, and a tablet – items collectively worth around Rs8 million.