KARACHI: The Shikarpur police on Monday claimed to have arrested a tribal chief and his two sons from Karachi for allegedly patronising kidnappers in the katcha area.

Recently, an encounter in the katcha area between police and kidnappers claimed lives of two policemen and a police photographer.

A police spokesperson said that the Shikarpur police in collaboration with local police conducted a raid in Gulistan-i-Jauhar and arrested Sardar Tegho Khan Teghani along with his two sons — Imran and Abdul Fatah.

These arrests were made after lodging of an FIR at the Napar Kot police station in Shikarpur against nominated kidnappers over charges of terrorism and murder of three policemen during the May 23 operation.

The FIR lodged on behalf of the state through Inspector Syed Amir Ali Shah stated that Sardar Teghani and his both sons were “patronising kidnappers” in his native area of Garhi Tegho.

It said contingents of police conducted a raid in Garhi Tegho for recovery of kidnapped persons — Inayatullah and Naqeebullah Pathan — when nominated kidnappers attacked an armoured personnel carrier with rockets, resulting in martyrdom of three policemen.

The police admitted that after being attacked, the APC could not move and other policemen rescued the law enforcers.

Meanwhile, Shikarpur SSP Ameer Saud Magsi said that the operation against kidnappers was still going on and he was personally monitoring it.

Drugs seized

The Clifton police conducted a raid in Shirin Jinnah Colony on Monday, detained two suspected peddlers and seized 72 kilograms of drugs from their custody, said South SSP Zubair Nazeer Shaikh.

The held suspects, Mohsin and Saifullah, belonged to a “transport group”.

The main suspect was identified as Abdullah and the officer hoped that he would be arrested soon.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2021