Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR [AJK], (Parliament Times) : A daring working woman foiled a bid of way-laid robbery by a bandit in lake city of Mirpur AJK Wednesday morning.
City police have arrested accused Zeashan son of Farooq r/o Khuiratta town of Kotli district after registering a case against him under relevant sections, the city police station sources said.
According to details Miss Madeeha Syed, employ of UBL Mirpur head office and news anchor of Azad Kashmir Radio Mirpur, was on way as routine, by foot, to her job at the bank Wednesday morning – when the accused, all of sudden, allegedly stormed behind her and snatched her purse and cell phone besides trying to tie her neck and resorting to sever beating by making an attempt to escape.
The 26-year old lady, trained of judo-karate an boxing, rushed behind the escaping bandit and nabbed by overpowering few yards away off the scene of occurrence. The laborers engaged in nearby under-construction building also rushed the site and helped overpowering the accused – who was later handed over to the city police station.