Lahore police apprehended a honey trap group involved in the robbery and abduction of rich people including anti-feminist activist and writer Khalilur Rehman Qamar on Monday. The Model Town police arrested four women and five men who were members of the honeytrap group. The police sources confirmed that although the mastermind of the case couldn't arrested but a female Amina Arooj, nominated in the FIR, was also arrested along with eight other co-accused. According to police sources, the mastermind behind the robbery and abduction plot was Hassan Shah. The police conducted a raid in Nankana Sahib to arrest him, but he managed to evade capture. However, the police have detained his accomplices. According to police sources, the group has been targeting famous and wealthy individuals by honey-trapping them in order to extort money. The police sources said the 'honey-trap group' has previously entrapped several individuals in the city. The organised crime unit in Model Town Police Station apprehended the suspects.

Some members of the group were arrested in Lahore, while others were apprehended in different cities. The police sources disclosed that Amna Arooj had been in contact with Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar for six days, posing as someone who had arrived from England and wanted to produce a drama. Yesterday, a case of kidnapping, torture and snatching of goods was registered in Sundar police station, Lahore, on the complaint of anti-feminist activist and writer Khalilur Rehman Qamar. According to the text of the case, Khalilur Rehman Qamar was called by a woman named Amina on July 15 at 12 o'clock in the night. He told the police that on a telephonic call, the woman told him that she was interested in making a drama so his meeting was very important for her. When she insisted me to meet her, I asked her to send her location or address, he said. The woman Amina sent me her location of Bahria Town Lahore where I reached the location and met her. She took me with her in her home and asked me to sit, the writer said.

Meanwhile, someone knocked the door on which said there may be delivery boy. As soon she opened the door, there were seven armed men who entered into home and asked me hands up and started to search my body and took my all credentials including debit card, ID card, cash and mobile phone. Then they forced me to give them the password of my phone and after getting password, they transferred my all mobile data to their phone. After that they forced me to tell password of debit card and then they went out and withdrew an amount of Rs267000 from ATM of nearby bank, the writer narrated his story. He said after getting money they took me at some unknown place on a car where they tortured me and kept demanding extortion of Rs 10 million and also fired at me, but I remained safe. After that they left me there and fled away.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan