KARACHI, Dec 1: Two alleged bandits were gunned down in what police claimed to be an encounter in North Nazimabad between Wednesday and Thursday night. According to police, two alleged bandits, on a motorcycle snatched a mobile phone from Arif, said to be owner of a cardboard factory, in the limits of Taimuria police station at around 1am at night.
Two policemen, Imran and Shoaib, patrolling the area on motorcycle reportedly chased the bandits.
They said that the bandits opened fire on them, which was retaliated and both bandits were injured. However, none of the two policemen suffered any injury when according to the police themselves, the two suspects had opened fire on them.
One of the suspects, Khurram, resident of New Karachi was nabbed in an injured condition. He had suffered bullet wounds in his hand and leg.
Police brought the injured suspect, Khurram, at around 2.30am to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital after an inordinate delay where he later died due to excessive bleeding.
The second alleged bandit, who according to police claims managed to flee in injured condition, was identified as Saleem alias Kala. His body was found near Gabol Town. Afghan child scavengers found the body and informed the police about it.
The body was sent to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital at 7am. Hospital sources said that Saleem had suffered a bullet wound in his chest. The bullet had pierced through his chest, hospital sources said.
Police recovered a TT pistol, a motorcycle and snatched mobile phone from his possession.
ROBBED: Armed bandits snatched valuables from people on the Mubarak Village road on Thursday.
According to area people, unscrupulous elements have occupied an abandoned police check post on the Mubarak Village road and often use it as their hideout to carry out their activities.
On Thursday, the armed suspect snatched a motorcycle from Haroon and also deprived cash and other valuables from the vehicle, reportedly belonging to the Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum.
Area people complained that bandits had selected the Mubarak Village Road due to its isolation for carrying out their criminal activities. Often picnickers and people living in the nearby villages are targeted by bandits, a villager, Aziz Khan, complained.
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