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| Lyari gangsters among 17 nabbed in Karachi |
| 2013-12-10 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Law enforcers during the ongoing drive against criminals apprehended around 17 suspects including 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.... gangsters and hit mans on Monday. As per reports, Anti-Extremist Cell of Crime Investigation Department (CID) chief SP Chaudhry Aslam Khan while addressing a presser at his office disclosed the arrests of five alleged Lyari gangsters Saeed Kareem, Aurangzaib, Mohammad Amin, Saud Faisal and Sameen Raza. The arrests were made after an encounter during a raid conducted on a tip-off at Hawkesby road within the jurisdiction of Maripur cop shoppe. SP Khan said that a special team had been constituted on the directives of Additional IG CID Iqbal Mehmood and DIG CID Dr Ameer Sheikh to arrest the culprits involved in terrorist and criminal activities in the metropolis. The officer said that the accused persons during the initial course of investigation said that they had killed a Rangers official Hanif and a woman when Rangers conducted raid at their hideout in Cheel Chowk area on April 2013. "They were also involved in killing of Civil Lines SHO inspector Fawad Khan by attacking the police's armoured personnel carrier (APC) during the eight day long police operation in Lyari last year," SP Khan explained. "They also killed a CID cop, Fayyaz by attacking the police from all sides when an extra contingent of law enforcers were conducting an operation in Lyari's Kalakot area." SP Khan further said that besides killings of officials of the Rangers and police, the accused persons had also been involved in a number of cases of assassinations, extortion, kidnapping for ransom, police encounters and other heinous crimes. "Weapons including three hand grenades, three pistols and a cycle of violence have been recovered from their possession, and further investigation is underway," he said. Separately, CID police also incarcerated Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! an alleged hit man during a raid conducted in Garden area. According to CID's Sectarian Cell in-charge Fayyaz Khan, the accused identified as Fahad alias Fahad K-2 belongs to a political party, who during the initial investigation revealed to have killed at least seven workers of different political parties. Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie was cracking himself up, but nobody else seemed to be getting the non-stop jokes... police in Sohrab Goth arrested another alleged hit man after an encounter. According to police officials, the accused identified as Asif belongs to a political party and was involved in a number of murders. Police officials privy to the matter told that the accused was also being questioned about his possible involvement in attacking the police van carrying police commandos in Korangi's Chakra Goth in August 2011 that claimed six lives and maimed several others. Pakistain Rangers Sindh nabbed 10 criminals during separate raids conducted in Landhi Number 6, Dawood Challi, Majeed Colony, Staff Colony in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Angara Goth, Malir Khokrapar, North Nazimabad Block-I, Nazimabad, Liaqatabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 12 and Shah Baig Lane in Lyari. The officials also recovered huge caches of weapons including two LMGs, a sniper and .22 rifle, 9mm pistol and a large quantity of mixed ammunitions. |
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