KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead and his accomplice wounded by a citizen while another mugger was gunned down by police in an ‘encounter’ in separate incidents in the city on Wednesday.

Sharafi Goth SHO Sadaruddin Mirani said two armed robbers attempted to loot citizens on the main road near Millat petrol pump. However, one of the citizens put up resistance and resorted to firing, resulting in bullet wounds to both the suspects.

The wounded suspects were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where one of them, identified as Gulzar Wahid, was declared dead while the other, Arif, was admitted for treatment. He was in critical condition, the officer added.

In another incident, a suspected car-lifter was gunned down in an ‘encounter’ in the Site area on Wednesday.

SITE-A police said that the encounter took place between the Anti-Vehicles Lifting Cell (AVLC) and the suspects near Habib Chowrangi where after an exchange of firing, one suspect, identified as Abdul Wahid, was killed.

One pistol and a Suzuki hi-roof were recovered from his custody.

AVLC SSP Bashir Ahmed Brohi said the killed suspect was an ‘active’ member of the notorious Lashari gang. He had snatched/stolen several vehicles from Karachi. He was also arrested in murder, robbery and police encounter cases several times.

The recovered car was stolen from the remit of the Sharea Noorjehan police, the SSP added.

There were 25 FIRs registered against the killed suspect at Uch Sharif Bahawalpur police station from the year 2022 to 2024, a police statement said.

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2025