Karachi: Sohrab Goth Police killed in an encounter the operative of the notorious Afghan dacoit gang who shot dead 2 policemen on Saturday night.
In this regard, SP Sohrab Goth Chaudhry Sohail Faiz said that it was reported from secret sources that the suspects who shot and killed 2 police officers Head Constables Abdul Hakeem and Rahmatullah near Sohrab Goth Indus Plaza on Saturday night are present in the area. On the information, a heavy contingent of police immediately surrounded the area of Machar Colony from Indus Plaza, during which the accused opened fire on the police.
He said that the police also took the position and exchanged gunfire as a result of which one of the accused was killed while the other 2 accomplices escaped from the spot taking advantage of the darkness.
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Sohail Faiz said that the victim was identified as Sharabu, who is an Afghani, and the names of those who escaped were known as Samudran Khan and Manan, and both of them are Afghans who had formed a dacoit gang, while the victim was killed. He was involved in other crimes including robbery
The police shifted the dead body of the accused to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for post-mortem, while the police are searching for other absconding accomplices who will soon be brought to justice.
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