KARACHI, June 5: An alleged accomplice of notorious ringleader Rehman Dakait was arrested in Lyari by the Industrial Crime Unit on Sunday. Police said that on a tip off that the suspect, Akbar Ali alias Kekra, was present at a place in Afshani Gali, in the limits of Kalakot police station, a raid was conducted and the suspect arrested.

Rehman Dakait’s residence, vacant at present, is also located in the same locality.

Police claimed that the suspect was wanted in eight cases of murder, attempted murder and encounter with police.

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