Mob thrashes street criminals

2 accused riding a motorcycle were robbing passers-by near Bilal Masjid


Our Correspondent March 18, 2024
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KARACHI:

Residents in Orangi Town captured two bandits and gave them a good thrashing. The police reached the spot and took the accused into custody and shifted them to the hospital.


According to the details, at around five o'clock on Sunday evening, two accused riding a motorcycle were robbing passers-by near Bilal Masjid. The area people noticed the activity and captured the robbers. They subjected them to severe beating, inflicting serious injuries to them.

The police reached the spot and took the accused from the clutches of the angry mob and shifted them to the hospital, where the injured were identified as 20-year-old Muhammad Ali and 18-year-old Haider Ali. Injured Haider Ali has also been shot in the leg.

The police suspect that someone from the mob also shot the bandit by firing on his leg. The police are also checking the criminal records of the injured.


Published in The Express Tribune, March 18th, 2024

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