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Three policemen killed within an hour: ASI linked to Karachi operation shot dead
[Dawn]  At least three coppers, including an officer who is said to have played an active role during the Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... operation of the 1990s, were rubbed out within an hour on Tuesday night in separate acts of firing in the city. While the police chief said that the incidents were not related to one another, the chief minister taking immediate notice of the killings sought a report from the police authorities on this matter. Officials said ASI Raja Moin, 47, was bumped off outside his house in Ali Town, off the Superhighway, within the remit of the Sachal cop shoppe. He was targeted by two men riding a  cycle of violence. He was rushed to a nearby private hospital where he died during treatment, the officials said.The body was later shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. The ASI had relocated to Ali Town from Al Noor Society in Gulberg, said Sachal SHO Azhar Iqbal. Posted at the Shah Latif cop shoppe, the victim had just received a transfer order to the Gadap City cop shoppe, Mr Iqbal said. The victim was said to have worked under Inspector Ahmed Hasan during the Bloody Karachi operation, the officer said, adding that he had also played an active role in the Lyari ...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot.... Task Force, then headed by SP Chaudhry Aslam, in 2004. The ASI had also been working with Inspector Hasan in the Anti-Street Crime Unit of Gadap Town for the past four years. The SHO said that the victim had five children from two wives. Police said that a 57-year-old police constable, Ayub aka Chacha, was rubbed out near People's Chowrangi in North Nazimabad. He was targeted on his way home from the Taimuria cop shoppe, the police said, adding that he suffered a gunshot wound to his head and was struck down in his prime. The body was later shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination. "The victim was Roznamcha Moharrir of the Taimuria cop shoppe," said a police official. The slain constable, a father of two, was a resident of Faqeer Goth, Shafiq Mor. In yet another incident of firing, a policeman was bumped off near the Bloody Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases in F.B Area within the remit of the Yousaf Plaza cop shoppe. Area DSP Saleem Siddiqui said that the police constables were shot at when they reportedly approached a couple of thieves who were trying to take away motorbikes from the parking lot of the institute. PC Ghulam Abbas 55, and Fazalur Rehman, 50, were maimed in the firing, said the DSP. They were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where Ghulam Abbas died while Fazal was being operated upon, he said. Fazal had suffered a bullet wound to his neck and was said to be in a serious condition, he added. Additional IG Akthar Gorchani said: "The three incidents are not related to one another." He added that the aspect of assassination was being investigated. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-15 |
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