KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Friday claimed to have arrested a suspect over charges of extortion.

The paramilitary force along with police conducted an intelligence-based action in Surjani Town and detained the suspect, Shahbaz Khan, said the Rangers spokesperson.

He had demanded Rs500,000 in protection money from a trader of Taiser Town on January 9 and sent a chit containing a bullet to the trader and threatened him with kidnapping his son in case of non-payment.

The trader called the suspect at a place for giving him the money and in the meantime, he also informed the Rangers helpline.

The paramilitary force utilising modern technology tools detained the suspect from the place where he had gone to collect the cash. He was handed over to the police for further legal action.

Woman jumps to death

A woman in her mid-50s jumped off a bridge on main Sharea Faisal on Friday and died.

The female SHO at the Tipu Sultan police station, Sharafat Khan, said the woman jumped off the Fine House bridge and suffered critical injuries.

She died while being taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Later on, her relatives arrived to receive the body.

She was identified as Gul Nazeer Jan, a resident of Umar Colony.

The woman was stated to be emotionally disturbed and the police believed that she had committed suicide.

Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2021