KARACHI: A man was shot dead and another hurt by armed robbers over resistance in Orangi Town on Wednesday, according to police and rescue services.

The Manghopir police said that two men were shot at and wounded when they put up resistance to a robbery bid in Ghazi Goth. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced Barkhat Khan dead while Habibullah Khan, 56, was admitted for treatment.

Man electrocuted

A 45-year-old man died from electrocution in Garden on Wednesday.

The police said Rehmatullah died when he suffered an electric shock at an under-construction building in Garden.

The body was shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.

Meanwhile, police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang of motorcycle lifters by arresting four suspects.

A statement said that the New Karachi police on a tip-off raided a place and arrested Faisal Nazeer, Asif Nawab, Shehroz Imran and Noor Shah.

The police claimed to have recovered two revolvers and as many snatched motorbikes from their custody.

Published in Dawn, August 4th, 2022