LAHORE: After the arrest of drug vendor Anmol alias Pinky by Sindh Police, her look in a Karachi courtroom whose video went viral on mainstream in addition to social media and her revelations throughout the investigation, Punjab Police have additionally woken as much as three outdated circumstances allegedly registered in opposition to her and her brothers in Lahore a number of years in the past and are reportedly planning to hunt custody of the lady from Sindh.
However, the arrest and investigation have put the Punjab Police beneath the scanner because it transpired that officers within the CIA (now the Crime Management Division) had taken bribes and prevented arresting Anmol, who was nominated in three circumstances.
The FIRs had been registered with Liaqatabad Police Station in 2019, Iqbal City Police Station in 2020 and Kot Lakhpat Police in 2022, nominating Anmol and her two brothers, Nasir and Riaz Baloch.
The 2022 FIR clearly acknowledged that the police, throughout a raid on Jan 6, rounded up a black SUV at Shadab Colony, following the intelligence stories that it was smuggling an enormous cache of medication. It mentioned a person (Riaz Baloch) left the automotive, which was being pushed by a younger lady. Because the police overpowered him, the lady driver out of the blue pressed the accelerator, tried to run them over and fled from the crime scene.
The police discovered medicine, together with cocaine, charas, and heroin, from the person who recognized the fleeing driver as his sister, Anmol alias Pinky.
Traces three circumstances in opposition to her registered in Lahore; investigating officers discovered complicit in not arresting lady drug vendor; An ex-officer bought a double-cabin, home from her
Some officers believed the revelations made throughout the post-arrest investigations by Karachi police and two FIRs registered in Lahore had been enough materials to grill a number of officers of Lahore Police who allegedly stayed silent or negligently prevented arresting Anmol within the three circumstances talked about above.
A senior police official mentioned the lady and her brothers had been operating a community of sellers from Lahore to Karachi. He mentioned some officers who had been a part of the previous Crime Investigation Company (CIA), presently referred to as CCD, had been in touch with Pinky to blackmail her for monetary positive aspects. A retired police official of the CIA had bought a double-cabin truck and a home from the lady, he mentioned, including that there have been some unconfirmed stories that the police had taken him into custody for questioning.
“The investigation police had already submitted challans of the 2 registered circumstances in opposition to two brothers of Anmol,” DIG investigation Zeeshan Raza mentioned.
In an announcement issued on Thursday, he mentioned the lady’s arrest was nonetheless to be made within the three drug circumstances registered in Lahore.
“We’re approaching the courts involved to hunt permission for the arrest of Anmol alias Pinky,” the DIG mentioned and added that the Punjab Police would search custody of the suspect from Sindh Police to interrogate her.
“The police groups have been shaped to convey Anmol from Karachi to Lahore,” DIG Raza mentioned.
To a query, the DIG mentioned that departmental motion had additionally been initiated in opposition to the investigating officers involved for not arresting Anmol within the three circumstances.
There have been unconfirmed stories that Anmol was taken into custody on data by Jordan Gang members in 2024. She was not declared a proclaimed offender within the challan whereas the investigation was accomplished regardless of her arrest being stored pending. Her brother, Riaz Baloch, additionally later bought an acquittal as a result of lapses left within the case by the Punjab law enforcement officials.
The then-CIA Lahore chief DIG Imran Kishwar has strongly denied the stories that Anmol was part of the Jordan Gang, which was busted by his workforce in 2024.
Speaking to Daybreakhe mentioned that the Jordan Gang had six members of a household, together with ringleader Jordan, whose authentic title was Mohammad Ayub.
He made it clear that the gang was working from Central Asia, Mexico, Canada, USA and another nations and had nothing to do with the suspected girl Anmol.
Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has already reportedly sought a report on the matter in her case. Anmol’s case seems to be a take a look at case for CM to securitize the position of the officers of Lahore investigation wing police following the stories that they allegedly prevented arrest of her being nominated in three drug circumstances registered in opposition to her with native police stations.
Printed in Daybreak, Might fifteenth, 2026
