KARACHI: Three suspects were shot dead in two separate alleged encounters in Mauripur and Orangi Town on Tuesday, according to officials.

In Mauripur, a wanted criminal was gunned down. Police said that acting on a tip-off they raided an alleged hideout of gangsters near Chawal Godam in the Mauripur area, where in an ensuing encounter a suspect identified as Jamal, alias Lambu, was killed.

He belonged to the Comrade Sheeraz gang of Lyari and was wanted in several criminal cases. The provincial government had announced Rs300,000 million for his arrest.

In Orangi Town, two suspected robbers were shot dead.

The suspects shot at and wounded a man, Kamran Aslam, on resistance of a robbery attempt in Chishti Nagar. Area people put up resistance and, in the meantime, a police party also reached there, said Iqbal Market SHO Ghulam Rasool Rajpar. In the ensuing shootout, two suspects were killed. The dead were identified as Noor Alam and Zahoor.

The police claimed to have found two pistols and a motorbike in their custody. Kamran who sustained bullet wounds in the leg was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment.

Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2014