A rifle, along with five TT pistols was also recovered from the arrested men. – File Photo

KARACHI: Five alleged target killers were arrested on Monday from Baldia Town and Pak Colony areas in Karachi by the Sindh police's Crime Investigation Department (CID), DawnNews reported.

SSP CID Choudhary Aslam stated that the arrested men are named Imran alias Billa, Ali Akbar alias Shahid, Mohammad Abid alias Mota, Ali Ahmed alias Ganja and Imran alias Fakhi. Aslam stated that the men belong to two different political groups.

The police said that the men have been accused of killing seventeen people, out of which six were killed in Organi Town.

A rifle, along with five TT pistols was also recovered from the arrested men.

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