Cop, friend robbed at gunpoint

KARACHI:

Two motorcycle-riding robbers looted a police officer and his friend in Liaquatabad, escaped with the officer's motorcycle, wallet containing Rs30,000, and three mobile phones.

CCTV footage of the incident has also gone viral on social media, showing the robbers holding up the police officer and his friend and later fleeing on the officer's 125cc motorcycle.

The incident occurred in the Liaquatabad area of District Central. The suspects intercepted the police officer and his friend at gunpoint and snatched their valuables before fleeing.

The officer, identified as Faizan, lodged FIR No. 598 of 2026 under Sections 392 and 397/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Liaquatabad police station. Faizan, a resident of Abul Hasan Isphahani Road, was travelling with his friend Shayan on a red 125cc motorcycle to visit his in-laws at around 3am on October 5.

When they reached a street near Bhore Khan Centre in Kabari Market, Liaquatabad No. 10, two men riding a motorcycle, dressed in trousers and shirts, stopped them.

The suspects allegedly held them at gunpoint and snatched Faizan's wallet containing his driving licence, national identity card, ATM card and Rs30,000 in cash, along with his mobile phone. They also took two mobile phones from Shayan before fleeing with Faizan's motorcycle.