Jonathan Wilson, the security adviser at the British High Commission, informed DIG Syed Ali Raza about the incident and asked that he file a formal complaint and get in touch with him once the purse was found.
A case under section 382 of the PPC, which prohibits theft committed with intent to cause death, injury, or restraint, has been opened at the Kohsar police station in relation to the event.
The diplomat informed the high commission that his wife’s handbag had been stolen by two bike riders.
According to a police official who spoke with Dawn, the incident happened on September 25, one day before the diplomat and his family left Islamabad for his county’s next posting.
