Kid, biker injured in bandits' firing

Barber shop robbed; outlaws held in different operations

KARACHI:

Two people, including a schoolboy, were injured in a robbery incident near furniture market in Orangi Town.

The incident occurred when two armed suspects riding a motorcycle attempted to rob a motorcyclist.

When the victim resisted, the suspects opened fire, injuring a 12-year-old passerby, Abdul Wahab, and a 52-year-old man, Abdul Rashid, the police said. Abdul Wahab was going home after school.

Barber shop robbed

Armed muggers broke into a barber shop in Joharabad and looted cash, mobile phones and other valuables from the customers including a doctor

Victim Dr Usman reported the incident to the police stating that bandits snatched his mobile phone and Rs56,000 in cash besides depriving other customers of their valuables.

Outlaws held

The New Karachi Industrial Area police arrested two suspects in injured condition after an alleged encounter. The arrested accused were identified as Nadir Jam Kora and Sajjad Bilal alias Sanwal.

The arrested accused belong to an inter-provincial motorcycle lifter gang. The arrested suspects were on the most wanted list of the police. The suspects killed a young man Kamran Abbas on his resistance during a robbery near Dhaka Sweets, Gulshan-e-Iqbal. They fled with victim Abbas's 125cc motorcycle and his two mobile phones. Kamran Abbas was an employee of a private school and a resident of Mahmoodabad. The motorcycle recovered from the arrested accused was snatched from Kamran Abbas.

The Korangi police arrested a robber in an injured condition after an alleged encounter near General Post Office Chowk, on the night between Wednesday and Thursday. He was identified as Sher Ali Nadeem. His accomplice managed to escape.

The Surjani Town police arrested four dacoits, including two injured, after an alleged encounter near Mir Khan Goth, Lyari on the night between Wednesday and Thursday. The arrested accused were identified as Ahmed Nazir Khalid alias Nomi, Tahir Lal aka Tao, Rehan Ghaffar and Yasir Yaseen. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) arrested an alleged street criminal during an operation in Liaquatabad.

According to the SIU, his accomplice, Umair, was arrested on February 17 after an encounter near Chishtian Nagar NJV School. However, Babar and two others-Bilal and Dhiraj-managed to flee. The group, on May 14, looted a beverage depot near Lakhtipat Hotel, Rs100,000 and several mobile phones.