Cops turn ‘robbers’

Three suspects, including two policemen, arrested


Our Correspondent March 12, 2023
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KARACHI:

The Gadap city police have arrested three suspects, including two policemen, and recovered truck they had snatched at gunpoint from Super Highway.

According to the spokesperson of Malir district police, the arrested policemen include Naqeebullah and Saddam Hussain of CIA branch Naushahro Feroze. The third arrested suspect Ghulam Shabir was a civilian. However, two other suspects including Sub-Inspector Dhani Bakhsh Brohi managed to escape from the spot during the raid, police said. According to the police spokesman, the arrested police officials, along with their accomplices, had taken a truck driver and his assistant hostage at gunpoint on Super Highway near Kathore.

They tied their hands and feet and threw them in the bushes adjacent to the highway and fled in the hijacked truck. However, the Gadap police arrested the accused in a raid near Usmania Restaurant on Super Highway and recovered the stolen truck. Raids are being conducted to apprehend the run-away suspects.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2023.

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