Actor Nadeem Jafri survives firing by robbers

Robbers managed to flee after looting the victim and his friends

KARACHI: Television artist Nadeem Jafri came under fire while putting up resistance during a robbery bid outside his residence in Gulshan-e-Iqbal in the wee hours of Thursday. He remained, however, unhurt in the firing.

The actor told Express News that the incident took place when he and his friends were going out at Sehri time, when some unidentified assailants on motorcycles intercepted Jafri’s car. “At first I thought they were there to kill me, but they were robbers and demanded cash and mobile phones from us,” he said.

The robbers managed to escape after looting Jafri and his friends, the actor said, adding that his friends also fired shots at the fleeing thieves. The robbers retaliated and fired at them, after which some bullets hit his car, however, fortunately no one was hurt, Jafri said.

An FIR (353/16) of the incident was registered at Gulshan police under sections relating to attempting to murder and robbery, police officer Farooq told The Express Tribune. He added that investigators were trying to retrieve footages of CCTV cameras, if installed any, near the crime scene to trace the suspects.

Condemning the incident, Pakistani music industry artist Fakhre Alam, informed the people about the incident through Twitter. “My dear friend [and] artist Nadeem Jafri was shot at multiple times today at Sehri time during a robbery. He survived miraculously. Thank you Allah,” Alam posted on Twitter.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 1st, 2016.