KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in an alleged encounter near the Seaview area on Monday evening.

Police said that the encounter took place in Phase-VIII near Do Darya. After an exchange of firing, a suspect was killed and his accomplice escaped, they added.

The police claimed to have recovered one pistol from him.

A police spokesperson said that a police patrol had indicated two motorcyclists to stop, but they opened fire on the law enforcers and in an ensuing exchange of gunfire, an unidentified suspect was shot dead.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre to fulfil medico-legal formalities. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained till late in the night.

Meanwhile, the police claimed to have arrested two suspected robbers and recovered snatched mobile phones from them in Khayaban-i-Shahbaz in DHA.

Man commits suicide

A 42-year-old man committed suicide in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Monday.

Police said that Mohammed Husain ended his life by hanging himself inside his apartment. The reason behind his suicide could not be known.

Meanwhile, a police spokesperson has said that a video clip that went viral on social media showing 10 robbers looting several citizens was not correct.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2023