Police arrested a man for allegedly making a fake robbery call in an attempt to implicate his rivals in a false criminal case, officials said on Saturday.
Man held for fake robbery call
MUZAFFARGARH, Jul 11 (APP): Police arrested a man for allegedly making a fake robbery call in an attempt to implicate his rivals in a false criminal case, officials said on Saturday.
According to police, District Police Officer (DPO) Muzaffargarh, Syed Ghazanfar Ali Shah took notice of a purported robbery call received through the police helpline within the jurisdiction of Khairpur Sadat police station and directed Alipur DSP Ullah Yar Saifi to reach the spot.
The DSP arrived at the scene around 3am, where local police had already launched an inquiry into the reported incident.
During the investigation, police claimed that the caller, identified as Muhammad Bilal, had fabricated the robbery story to falsely implicate his rivals and have a criminal case registered against them.
On the directives of the DPO, Bilal was taken into custody and a case was registered against him.
Police officials said furnishing false information to law enforcement agencies was a punishable offense and warned that strict legal action would be taken against anyone found misusing emergency services or attempting to mislead police.
