People sick of increasing incidents of robberies and street crimes have picked up guns to defend themselves.
In one such incident a battery trader, Muhammad Naseem, shot a robber dead at his shop near Anwar Baloch Hotel on the National Highway within the jurisdiction of Malir City police station.
The CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral on the social media.
The footage shows that five men on two motorcycles come to a famous battery shop. Three stay outside and two, wearing motorcycle helmets, enter the shop.
They took all the people in the shop hostage at gunpoint and collected the cash.
However, as soon as the suspects turned their back to leave, Naseem pulled out a pistol and opened fire hitting the one holding the looted cash. The shopkeeper fired two more shots at the running robber however he escaped.
The injured suspect tried to escape on foot but he fell down. His accomplices however escaped.
The injured was sent to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he was pronounced dead.
Malir City police station SHO Syed Adnan Bukhari said the slain robber was identified as Nawaz aged 45. Shop owner Naseem had used his licensed pistol to shoot the robber and the looted cash was also recovered.
According to the SHO, the national identity card of Nawaz bore address of Dadu. He had been earlier arrested by the Sukhan police in past. Police are trying to find his other four partners with the help of CCTV.
Citizens thrash robbers
People in New Karachi Sector 5L gave a good beating to two suspected robbers.
New Karachi DSP Kanwar Asif said that three suspects on a bike were fleeing after robbing people.
However, the locals chased and overpowered two of the suspects, while the third one driving the bike escaped from the scene, DSP Asif said.
People started hitting them with kicks and punches knocking them unconscious. The suspects were rescued by the police and sent him to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, the DSP said.
One of the suspects was identified as Jamal the other could not be identified immediately, he said.
The DSPO said that a snatched I-Phone belonging to a citizen, Alam, was also recovered from Jamal.
Poll contestant turns criminal
A suspected robber caught by citizens in the Chandni Chowk area turned out to be a candidate for the seat of councillor in the recently held local bodies' elections.
Madina Colony police station SHO Imdad Ali said that four suspects were fleeing after injuring a man Irfan on his resistance during robbery.
People nearby, hearing the gunshot, tried to catch the suspects, but they opened fire injuring their own partner. People caught and thrashed him.
Meanwhile, police reached the scene, recued the suspect and shifted him to Civil Hospital where he was identified as M. Nabi, 25, a resident of Toori Bangash Colony, Orangi Town.
Police while checking the criminal record of the suspect discovered that he had contested in the local bodies' election as a candidate for the seat of councillor.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2023.
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