Criminals caught on CCTV evade arrest

KARACHI:

In another brazen incident, armed men who robbed a restaurant in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal area of Karachi continue to be at large despite being caught on tape.

The CCTV footage of the incident, acquired by Express News on Friday, shows the armed men threatening women and children at a restaurant on Rashid Minhas Road near Qasim Raza Square. One of the attackers was seen flinging his weapon in the faces of those at the restaurant.

The suspects got away with Rs250,000 in cash.

CCTV shows the suspect's accomplice was initially waiting outside on his motorcycle. He then joins his partner inside and the two of them then fled with the cash.

Another angle shows his accomplice on a motorbike outside. He later got off the motorbike with weapons and left with his partner. Despite the available evidence, the incident has not yet been officially reported, and suspects remain at large.

Eleven arrested

Rangers apprehended 11 individuals, including three illegal immigrants, with the help of digital devices during a search operation against drug traffickers and criminal elements in Baldia Town, Saeedabad and other nearby locations. All the arrested suspects have been handed over to the police for further action. The Rangers also handed over to the police a firearm and contrabands seized from the suspects.

Anti-Encroachment Force official gunned down

Unidentified suspects shot and killed an anti-encroachment official, Qurban Abro, in Shadman Town on Thursday night.

According to details, the incident took place 10 to 15 steps away from an Anti-Encroachment Force mobile. Two Anti-Encroachment Force personnel were in uniform, and two were in plain clothes in a police van.

According to the police, the deceased, dressed in plain clothes, Abro, was standing a few steps away from the police mobile when he was shot at by unidentified assailants. Abro’s colleagues opened fire on the suspects but they fled. Abro’s colleagues reckon the suspect robbed the deceased, considering him a civilian because his mobile phone went missing after the incident.

The brother of the deceased official received the body from Abbasi Shaheed Hospital after the legal procedure. A case of the incident has not yet been registered. The investigation is ongoing regarding whether the incident occurred during a robbery or was an attempted target killing.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4^th, 2023.