The Pakistan Rangers (Sindh) on March 8 arrested eight suspects during raids in different parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports The News. According to a spokesperson for the Rangers, Ali Asghar Bajrani was arrested in Malir town for his involvement in various extortion cases, kidnapping for ransom, blackmailing and aerial firing. During raids in Sacchal and Saudabad, Umer Farooq, Arbaz Zubair, Khaliq, Ali Ahmed alias Raza and Aslam alias Mali were apprehended for being involved in various street crime cases, robberies and lifting motorcycles. Moreover, Rashid alias Chatta and Zubair Jahanzaib alias Bari, affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L), were arrested in Nazimabad for their alleged involvement in various criminal cases. The Rangers personnel also claimed to have seized arms and ammunition from the suspects.
Separately, the Anti Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) of the Karachi Police on March 8 arrested a suspected target killer allegedly involved in various cases of target killings, including the assassination of Jamia Binoria Uloomia vice-president Mufti Abdul Majeed Deenpuri and other Policemen in different part of Karachi, reports The News. According to AVCC chief Fida Hussain Janwari, the suspect arrested was identified as Syed Shahadat Hussain alias Pir, who was involved in various cases of target killings, including the killing of Deenpuri on Sharea Faisal in 2013, the killing of two traffic police wardens in Soldier Bazaar and two religious party workers and a vegetable vendor in AB Sina Lines.
Meanwhile, the Government of Sindh on March 8 took control of five more religious seminaries in Karachi as part of a crackdown on banned outfits under the National Action Plan (NAP), reports Daily Times. Provincial Auqaf Department took administrative control of Madrassah Riazul Janna in North Karachi, Jama’atul Aman and Huzaifa bin Eman in North Nazimabad, Madrassah Ma’az bin Jabal in Landhi and Jamia Masjid Hunain in Quaidabad. The provincial authorities have taken over more than 10 seminaries and mosques in the city in last three days.