Rangers arrest husband-wife extortionist duo from Lyari

Woman arrested while collecting extortion money said that she had collected money from 3 other people for her husband

KARACHI: Rangers said on Tuesday that they had arrested a woman after catching her red handed collecting extortion money in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood.

According to a statement by the paramilitary force, a complaint was received at Rangers Special Task Cell about calls from extortionists in Lyari who were demanding Rs0.5 million from a local trader.

The Rangers personnel laid a trap, asking the traders to tell the extortionist to collect the ransom money from a designated sot. When a woman showed up to collect the money, the Rangers arrested her.

She later confessed that she collected the money for a notorious extortionist Imran alias kawwa, adding that she had collected money from three different individuals so far.

Read: Police arrest foreign-based gang involved in extortion, killings of doctors in Karachi

On the basis of information provided by the woman, Rangers managed to apprehend her accomplice. The accomplice turned out to be the woman's husband. He is currently being questioned.

Earlier on Monday, police claimed to have arrested a South Africa-based gang allegedly involved in extortion and killings of doctors in Karachi.