The Rawalpindi police have arrested a man and seized his vehicle for allegedly creating artificial obstructions in Murree using snow so he could extort money from tourists stranded at the scenic spot. The man, identified as Saqib Abbasi, would use a shovel to accumulate piles of snow on Bhurban Road during the recent Murree tragedy. If a tourist's car got stuck, he would charge a hefty fee to get the vehicle out of the snow. The deaths of the tourists, including women and children who had flocked to the scenic spot to witness the snowfall, were nothing short of the tragedy. The visitors 'froze to death' in their vehicles, amidst tonnes of snow in the surroundings as a snowstorm gripped the valley.

Source: The Express Tribune January 11, 2022 20:24 UTC