Mansoor Rahi’s wife files FIR against son for stealing paintings worth Rs1bn

Wife of famed Pakistani artist Mansoor Ahmed Rahi has registered an FIR against her son for stealing her husband’s paintings.

The theft was brought to the notice of the police by the wife of Rahi on September 19, almost eight months after the incident occurred.

Shalimar police registered a case under Section 38 0 of the PPC against the artist’s son and his friends.

According to the First Information Report (FIR), the son and six friends visited the house, while the son took his parents out for dinner, his friends remained behind.

Upon their return, the son took his parents to a room upstairs. However, Ms Rahi while being moved upstairs heard some noises coming from the basement, the FIR said.

When she inquired about the noises, her son told his mother it was nothing.

She went to the basement to inquire about the matter as Mr Rahi got worried and found 70 to 80 paintings of her husband removed from frames and kept in seven to eight rolls, the FIR said.

Later, her son and his friends took the paintings away in a vehicle in front of her.

Mansoor Rahi was deeply shocked and fell ill after learning about his son’s act.

At last, Mansoor Rahi died on May 12, and Ms Rahi was also deeply shocked over the death of her husband, it said.

She requested the police to initiate legal proceedings against her son and recover the paintings of her late husband.