Later, driver and conductor were shifted to the car from the truck and two of the five dacoits sped away the truck towards an unknown place. The driver and the conductor were forced to step out of the car and locked in a room of a roadside mosque near Langrana police station. Both were later recovered at the Fajr prayers from the mosque's room, when some Namazis reached there. Police have registered a case against the dacoits.
The managing director of Mukhtar Textile Mills Limited, Rana Mohammad Saleem, has announced Rs 1 lakh award for those persons who will pinpoint the clue of culprits and the yarn-loaded truck.
Meanwhile, Anjuman-e-Tajran Faisalabad and yarn merchants have expressed grave concern over the growing incidents of dacoities at an alarming rate, which has spread a wave of fear and a sense of insecurity among the business and industrial community of the city.
They urged the government, especially the district governments of Toba Tek Singh, Jhang and Faisalabad, to take all precautionary measures to avert the untoward incidents, so as to create a sense of security among the members of the business community.