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SARGODHA, Jan 18 (APP):The Cantt police on Sunday arrested two persons for making a hoax call to the emergency helpline 15,falsely reporting a dacoity in an attempt to implicate their rivals.
According to a police spokesperson,Station House Officer (SHO) Cantt Asad Hayat Bhawana responded promptly to the call and reached the reported location.
During interrogation,the caller confessed to fabricating the incident to trap his opponents in a criminal case.
The police registered a case against the accused, identified as Safdar and his accomplice Aurangzeb, and took them into custody.
The SHO warned that misuse of the emergency helpline 15 is a punishable offense and said those involved in making false reports would face strict legal action and imprisonment