KARACHI: Police on Sunday arrested a suspected target killer from the posh locality of Zamzama in Karachi.
Alleged target killer Yasir alias Dada was taken into police custody after a police raid was conducted in an apartment building in Zamzama. The police received a tip off regarding Yasir’s whereabouts and proceeded to surround the apartment block and carry out an operation to nab him and four of his partners.
Police claim that Yasir is involved in the killing of 232 people, including police officials and DSP Nawaz Ranjha and Inspector Nasirul Hassan.
Officials said that Yasir was living in the posh Defence Housing Society locality from where he was arrested. Four of his accomplices, however, escaped during the raid. Security officials are conducting raids in the area to arrest the suspected killers.
Yasir has been taken to the Clifton police station for interrogation. During initial investigations, he confessed that 330 people have been killed by his group of five men in Karachi.
Arms and ammunition were also recovered from his Zamzama apartment. These include 2 TT pistols and one AK-47 among other weapons. Yasir told the police that he does not stay in any one location for over a week.
Earlier this month, two target killers were arrested from the same upper class locality of Zamzama. SSP Clifton Tariq Dharejo had said that the two men, who were identified as Danial and Faisal, were involved in the killings of at least 26 people and belonged to a political party. Dharejo refused to name the party.
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Phew ! I ain't killed those many flies !
Wow, news of the day, the mass murderers are so friendly these days, they give us easily, without any efforts, Please new reporters we are so trained of listening, watching and reading of violence that kindly put some maar daarh in the story to make it more realistic!!! PLEASE
This man has kiilled almost as many people as Britain lost in its entire war against Argentina in 1982. That says enough about value of life in Pakistan. To top it all, he almost escaped along with his four accomplices - who will no doubt carry on with their killing spree. Or maybe the police were practicing target arresting in response to these killers target killing?
Who has been financing this target killer and his group??? He could not have been doing this for free. . . . LOLzzzzzzzzzzzz. Get to the bottom of this and expose the truth to the public in this so called democratic government . . . . .provided this is a real democracy and works for its people!!
Zamzama apartments are posh? I live in the Buckingham palace.
He does not deserve to be hanged. That would be too small a punishment. He should be lashed 232 times and then forced to do hard labour for the rest of his life.
Looks like flooding make people to move to posh locality but I think they are not aware that DHA and Clifton are only save by small levy (pushtsy). It looks like there is a crack in one of them now and people are getting caught! Good work from our police!
Where is Ajmal Pahari now? Has he been hanged yet? What's the point of capturing such criminals when they are not going to be given the punishment they deserve? Is police mukabla the only solution to rid the society of this menace?
Dharejo refused to name the party - Now that's a revelation.
"Danial and Faisal, were involved in the killings of at least 26 people and belonged to a political party. Dharejo refused to name the party."
Speaks volumes, no elaboration needed.
a killer of 232 people!!!!!!
This guy should not be given the death sentence. That would be too easy. He should spend the rest of his life as a slave.
Four escaped? LOL. How could they have escaped leaving their head alone.