Daily
Times reports that an encounter between Police and
gangsters left 10 more persons dead,
including a Station House Officer
(SHO) and a constable, in Lyari in
Karachi city on April 28, as gangsters
used rockets and hand grenades against
Police and the public. Civil Lines
SHO, Fawad Khan and Constable, Malik
Tassawur was among those who fell
victim to the violence on the second
consecutive day of an operation against
gangsters in Lyari. The injured Policemen
were identified as ASI Iftikhar Ahmed,
Head Constable Intazar Ali Shah and
Muhammad Aslam were injured in the
attack. Following the attack, Police
and the Frontier Constabulary (FCB)
intensified their operation in the
area and killed Mullah Sohail Baloch,
the brother of notorious gangster
Mullah Nisar, in Nawa Lane, Kalakot.
Following the attack, SFs intensified
their operation in the area and killed
Mullah Sohail Baloch, the brother
of notorious gangster Mullah Nisar
in Nawa Lane area of Kalakot.
Separately,
a Police personal was killed and three
others, including SHO Malir City,
were injured in an encounter in Salar
Goth near Akbar Hotel within the confines
of Malir City Police Station The injured
Police personal was identified as,
SHO Malir City Ishaq Lashari, Constable
Pervez Iqbal, Khan Mohammad and armored
personnel carrier (APC) driver Sabir.
Following
the encounter, Police succeeded in
arresting two gangsters, Mohsin Baloch
and Abid Ali alias Kalu. Police recovered
a Kalashnikov rifle from their possessions,
however, their six accomplices managed
to flee.
In
addition, ongoing violence claimed
life of three persons identified as,
Luqman Hameed, Shakeel, Akhtar Baloch
and Wahid Baloch, in different areas
of Kalakot and Chakiwara.
Further,
a man identified as, Akhtar (26),
was also killed during the violence
near Lyari General Hospital in the
limits of Chakiwara Police Station.
Elsewhere,
one Muhammad Azam (25) was killed
near Cheel Chowk in the limits of
Kalakot Police Station.
Also,
Yasin, a vendor, was shot dead in
Nayabad in the confines of Kalri Police
Station.
Police
sources said that at least a dozen
rockets were fired in different areas
of Lyari on Saturday, adding that
gangsters were also targeting noncombatants
in the surrounding areas to divert
the attention of law enforcers. |
