Three people were taken into custody on Sunday when a team from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raided a motor workshop in sector G-12 of the federal capital, where ordinary vehicles were being bullet-proofed.
According to an FIA official, the workshop was operated by a private company based in sector E-11.
“At the time of the raid, there were two vehicles an SUV and a 4×4 vehicle which were being converted into bullet-proof vehicles,” he said.
The workshop has been sealed,” he said. The people operating the ‘illegal’ workshop were arrested.
“Upon investigation, it was discovered that Ashfaq, a section officer at the Ministry of Interior was involved in forging NoCs for bullet proof vehicles and would charge Rs 110,000 for each one he supplied. While Ashfaq eluded arrest, his computer was confiscated,” he said.
“Based on date recovered from the computer, we learned that Ashfaq had forged as many as 29 NoCs. The E-11 based company was also among the recipients of these forged documents,”
“Right now, only eight companies in the country are licensed to work with bullet proof vehicles,” he said.
An official of the Islamabad police said the government should legalise such workshops, rather than forcing people to import expensive vehicles.
“If somebody wants to protect their house, they need to get barbed wire installed,” he said, adding that it was the responsibility of the state to protect its citizens, but if the citizens were willing to invest in their own security, the government should support them.
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I totally agree.. The problem with such workshops is that if any such vehicle is hijacked by a terrorist it would wreck havoc in society