KARACHI: A suspected robber was gunned down and his two accomplices were arrested in wounded condition after an alleged encounter on Shaheed-i-Millat Road on Monday.

The police claimed that three suspects were riding a motorcycle when a police party instructed them to stop near a petrol pump. However, the suspects resorted to firing in their bid to flee and in an ensuing exchange of firing, suspect Sikander Umer was killed while Irfan Ali and Rashid Ali were arrested in a wounded condition.

Police recovered two pistols, one motorcycle and cash from their custody.

Their past criminal record was being checked. The body and the wounded were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Published in Dawn, October 7th, 2025