The incident spread waves of panic amongst bank employees and Liyari residents. PHOTO: FILE
An intelligence report sent to the Sindh government stated that a banned outfit had issued bhatta slips of Rs1 million each to five bank managers in the area.
The report added that the five banks had earlier stopped operations on July21 and July22 on account of the deteriorating security situation. Police officials were specifically asked to provide security to these banks.
The report also includes the name of the representative of the bhatta mafia. Police has started to monitor the security of the banks, officials said.
The incident spread waves of panic amongst the bank employees and the residents.
Lyari, one of the oldest residential areas of Karachi, has experienced a dwindling law and order situation since the last two years, with several groups fighting each other over dominance, Express News correspondent Shah Walilullah said.
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Why hiding the name of banned outfit ET? This is bad reporting.
@Ibrahim You sounds like Zulfiqar Mirza
" the report also includes the name of the representative of the bhatta mafia "..... Yet the govt is not interested to investigate nor catch them....why ? No wonder Karachi continues to be reeling under such lawless conditions.....there seem no will to control these lawless conditions for reasons best known to the local govt.....
@ibrahim Lyari is waziristan inside Karachi and Aman committee reason for ailment inside Liyari
It seems the people in corridors of power are deliberately allowing this menace to turn into a big cancer which would be beyond their control even one day if it hasnt happened already !!
@Ibrahim: "MQM collecting taxes?" . When did you receive the information about the banning of MQM?
@Ibrahim: in case u didnt read properly !!! a BANNED outfit has distributed slips ... MQM's not a banned org yet ... probably, considering its Lyari, it might be people's aman committee
@Ibrahim, you probably have no idea about the geo-political boundaries of Karachi.
Media as well as Police knows who the "banned" parties are. Unless they start naming them, this culture will go on. Needs to be nipped in the butt.
Did the Bhatta Mafia get Fresh Currency Notes? just asking..!!
Lyari is another making of as Swat became sometime back. Keeping aside political factor, need is the go for a full fledged operation in lyari. Imagine about IDPs of Lyari at Badin, staying away from their homes on Eid day, how brutal.
Beat this. where is the writ of the government. ?
Now the government will take swift action, cos we know that bankers are the golden calf.
MQM collecting taxes?