Man in police uniform swindles elderly citizen out of over Rs600,000

SARGODHA: An elderly citizen was deprived of a large sum of money after a man, dressed in a police uniform, snatched his ATM card and withdrew cash in Sargodha’s Satellite Town. According to the police, the victim, a 73-year-old pensioner, said that the suspect took his ATM card. However, he only discovered the withdrawals five days later. The elderly citizen reported that the suspect withdrew Rs621,000 from his account. The Satellite Town Police Station has registered a case based on the victim’s complaint and launched a search operation to apprehend the suspect. In the first information report (FIR), the elderly man mentioned that he is a retired government employee and that the incident took place at a private bank’s Qainchi Mor branch, where he receives.