Two arrested in connection with year’s biggest robbery
Karachi
April 9, 2021
Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested two men, including a key suspect, in connection with the April 5 robbery in which prize bonds worth Rs30 million were looted from a builder’s dispatch rider on Jamshed Road in Karachi.
The men were arrested by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the Karachi police’s Criminal Investigation Agency with the help of CCTV camera footage. Police said the suspects had been trying to leave the city, adding that prize bonds worth Rs25 million were also recovered from their possession.
The arrested men have been identified as Naveed Ahmed and Farhan Ahmed Hashmi. SIU chief SSP Haider Raza said Ahmed was the ringleader of the gang that comprised Arman, alias Nomi, Aqeel, Ayan, Naushad, Ovais, Fazal, Ali and Rehan all of whom were involved in the robbery.
KARACHI: A 37-year-old woman was shot dead in Quaidabad on Thursday, said police.
They added that four gunmen entered a home in Gulshan-i-Buner and opened indiscriminate fire in which Qamar Bibi was killed.
The body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre to fulfil medico-legal formalities.
The police said the victim hailed from Waziristan. Her husband was not home at the time of the incident.
Area SHO Safdar Brohi said the initial probe revealed that the murder was an outcome of “family dispute”.
Man stabbed to death
A 50-year-old man was stabbed to death on the outskirts of the city on Thursday.
Robbers who took away with Rs30m prize bonds nabbed
Court grants SIU physical remand of suspects
KARACHI:
The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the police claimed on Thursday to have arrested two robbers involved in the biggest heist of the year reported in Karachi thus far, during which a worker of a construction company was deprived of prize bonds worth Rs30 million on Jamshed Road.
The SIU later produced the suspects, Naveed Ahmed and Farhan Ahmed, before the East judicial magistrate at Karachi City Court, seeking physical remand.
The court granted the police four-day physical remand of the two suspects.
Law enforcers on Saturday claimed to have arrested seven suspected militants linked with the banned Islamic State group and Sindh Revolutionary Army in separate actions. File photo
KARACHI: Law enforcers on Saturday claimed to have arrested seven suspected militants linked with the banned Islamic State group and Sindh Revolutionary Army in separate actions.
Pakistan Rangers Sindh and police conducted an intelligence-based action in Ittehad Town and arrested three suspects who were linked with IS, said a spokesperson.
The held militants were identified as Noor Mohammed alias Abu Darda, Hayatullah and Khan Bahadur alias Qari Basit.
The Rangers claimed to have seized arms, ammunition and explosive material from their custody. “The held suspects were involved in bomb and cracker attacks against Pakistan forces.”
Karachi: 13 accused arrested involved in criminal activities
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Karachi: 13 accused arrested involved in criminal activities
KARACHI (Dunya News) - Police and Rangers during joint operations in different areas of Karachi arrested 13 accused involved in various crimes including terrorism and recovered two bodies from different areas.
In Karachi, SIU police conducted an operation in Bilal Colony and arrested four terrorists of a nationalist party. According to SSP Haider Raza, the group of arrested terrorists includes more than 20 terrorists. Several cases were registered against the arrested terrorists in Sindh. The arrested terrorists include Gulzar Ali, Habibullah, Fayyaz and Ghulam Muhammad.
Meanwhile, during a joint operation of Rangers and police in Orangi Town, accused Aftab Alam involved in robbery and drug trafficking was arrested. The accused broke into a house in Orangi Town on January 15 and looted Rs 1 million.