Caught: Target killer, six others caught by SIU

KARACHI: Special Investigation Unit (SIU) claimed to have arrested seven men, including, an alleged target killer, in separate raids on Tuesday.

Six men, Noor Mohammad, Munir, Allah Nawaz, Pir Mohammad, Amjad and Mohsin Qamar were caught from Defence View when they were going somewhere in a Toyota Corolla. Their car and four TT pistols were seized from their possession. SIU chief, SSP Shahjahan Khan, said the men were involved in cases of street crime, especially in Sohrab Goth.

In another raid, Sarwar, alias Chacha, was arrested from Saeedabad. SSP Khan said that Sarwar Chacha told the SIU that he had killed five people during initial interrogation. One of the victims was a worker of Punjabi-Pakhtoon Ittehad (PPI) in Saeedabad.

Khan said that he was not sure what party Sarwar Chacha belonged to but he was also involved in other crimes.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 14^th, 2012.