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| Jewellers kill three robbers in 'shootout' in Baghbanpura |
| 2015-03-23 |
| [DAWN] LAHORE: Three robbers were killed while attempting to loot jewellery at a shop in Baghbanpura, police said on Saturday. Four gunnies forced their entry into a jewellery shop at Sirajpura market but the owners and employees opened fire on them which resulted in an exchange of fire. Three of the robbers were killed while two jewellers were maimed. Police took the bodies into their custody and shifted them to the morgue for an appointment with Dr. Quincy after registering a robbery case. Police said jewellers Shoaib and Waqas were shifted to the Mayo Hospital where Shoaib's condition was stated to be critical. Baghbanpura SHO Nasrullah said two of the robbers were identified as Ramzan of 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.... and Iftikhar of Sahiwal. Efforts were being made to identify others, he said, adding that police seized three pistols from the shop. DSP Mian Muhammad Khalid told Dawn that a jeweller's son, Hamza, alerted the market traders after seeing four gunnies standing in front of their shop. He said when the robbers tried to enter the shop, the owner resisted and in an exchange of fire, three gunnies were killed and the fourth managed to escape. A number of people gathered there and protested against the robbery and street crime incidents in their area. |
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