[DAWN] KARACHI: Five suspected gangsters, including one wanted in several cases, were rubbed out in an encounter by a joint task force of the police and Rangers in Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
's Napier area on Friday, said officials.
Station House Officer (SHO) Napier, Azam Khan, was critically injured in the exchange. A Rangers personnel and a policeman were also maimed during heavy exchange of firing between the law enforcers and the suspects.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) East Fida Hussain Janwari, the police obtained intelligence about the presence of gangsters in Ghulam Hussain Shah Lane near Lea Market after which a joint team of the police and Rangers conducted a targeted raid on an alleged hideout.
The suspects, who attacked the raiding team, were killed in retaliatory firing, said SSP Fida Hussain.
He identified one of the dear departed as Sadiq Gadani. "He had established a reign of terror in Lyari," claimed the senior police officer.
"Sadiq Gadani was linked with Noor Mohammed alias Baba Ladla gang," he said. But some residents said Sadiq Gadani had recently parted ways with Baba Ladla and joined the 'Lashari gang.'
The Sindh government had placed a one million rupees bounty on his head.
The other deceased gangsters were identified as Salar, Shahnawaz and Raza while a fifth suspect could not be identified immediately, said the SSP.