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

Korangi SHO Adeel Afzal said a patrolling police party signalled pillion riders to stop for checking in Sector 33-E near the Gharib Nawaz police post.

Upon the signal, the suspects resorted to firing, and in the ensuing exchange of fire, one armed man, identified as Waqar Ali, was gunned down and his companion, Taj Mohammed, was arrested.

Police claimed to have recovered two pistols and one motorcycle from their custody.

SHO Afzal said the killed suspect was involved in robberies in Defence, Awami Colony, Quaidabad and Zaman Town, and had also been arrested by the police in the past.

He mentioned that there were 11 FIRs registered against the deceased suspect at different police stations.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

‘Robber killed by associate’

A suspected robber was killed in firing allegedly by his fellow to avoid being captured by a mob after a robbery in the SITE area on Thursday, police said.

SITE-A SHO Imran Afridi said that two suspects riding a motorcycle snatched a mobile phone from a citizen within the limits of their police station. The same suspects also looted another citizen within the vicinity.

As they were fleeing, their bike hit a four-wheeler near Metroville, ostensibly due to over-speeding. Both suspects fell off the bike. As people tried to capture them, one suspect resorted to firing, and a bullet hit and killed his companion on the spot while he managed to flee, the officer added.

The police recovered five mobile phones and one motorcycle from his custody.

The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal proceedings, where the deceased was identified as Noman Khan alias China.

The officer said the killed suspect was a habitual criminal, as there were five FIRs registered against him, including one pertaining to a robbery-cum-murder.

Published in Dawn, June 27th, 2025