KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in an encounter in Orangi Town on Thursday, police said.

Pakistan Bazaar SHO Shakeel Rind said two suspects were looting people at Islam Chowk in Sector 11 ½ when four policemen patrolling in the area arrived there. On seeing the policemen, the suspects resorted to firing in their bid to flee.

In an ensuing exchange of gunfire, one alleged mugger, later identified as Danish Shamsher, 28, was killed while his accomplice, Ayaz Saeed, was arrested in wounded condition.

The police claimed to have recovered two pistols, one motorbike and four snatched cell phones from their custody.

The body and injured were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Meanwhile, the Counter-Terrorism Department on Thursday claimed to have arrested a suspect involved in many cases of “short-term kidnapping”.

CTD official Raja Umer Khattab identified the held suspect as Saad Imran and said that his gang had been involved in several incidents of short-term kidnappings in DHA.

Published in Dawn, December 1st, 2023

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