KARACHI: Armed robbers killed a policeman and wounded a boy over resistance in Lyari in the wee hours of Friday, according to police.
Baghdadi SHO Abdul Ghaffar Shah said Constable Moeez Khursheed Ahmed, 25, was standing near his home on Meer Mohammad Road when armed pillion riders wearing masks tried to snatch his cell phone. As he put up resistance, the suspects opened indiscriminate fire and rode away.
The constable died on the spot while six-year-old Abu Bakr suffered injuries. The body and injured were shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.
The area SHO said investigators collected nine spent bullet casings fired from a 9mm pistol from the crime scene. “Apparently, it was a robbery attempt but the police are also investigating other aspects of the murder,” he added. The slain policeman was unmarried and only bread earner of his family comprising four sisters and father. He was a guard of the SP-City.
In this file photo, Bahria Town Karachi officials and security personnel are seen in Kamal Khan Jokhio Goth in Malir. Photo: Karachi Bachao Tehreek Twitter/File
Police on Saturday registered a case against the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) security administration over charges of rioting, kidnapping and inflicting injuries, according to official sources and rights activists.
The decision was apparently taken after an intervention by the top PPP leadership and the Sindh chief minister.
On Friday, the security guards accompanied by policemen in civvies and in uniform tried to destroy agricultural crops in Jam Kamal Khan Goth in order to pave the way for new BTK projects near Kathor, a move that was resisted by the villagers.
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A resident of Karachi’s Gadap Town was shot at and wounded on Friday in firing allegedly carried out by private guards and policemen in civvies during Bahria Town Karachi’s (BTK) move to bulldoze several agricultural lands to pave the way for housing projects in the outskirts of the city.
While police were reluctant to share information, an activist of Sindh Indigenous Rights Alliance and resident of Kathor area, Abdul Hafeez, said the BTK guards along with police tried to destroy the crops in Kamal Khan Jokhio Goth on Friday morning but the locals put up resistance and forced them to abandon the
Bahria Town Karachi officials and security personnel are seen in Kamal Khan Jokhio Goth in Malir. Photo: Karachi Bachao Tehreek Twitter
A resident of Karachi s Gadap Town was shot at and wounded on Friday in firing allegedly carried out by private guards and policemen in civvies during Bahria Town Karachi’s (BTK) move to bulldoze several agricultural lands to pave the way for housing projects in the outskirts of the city.
While police were reluctant to share information, an activist of Sindh Indigenous Rights Alliance and resident of Kathor area, Abdul Hafeez, said the BTK guards along with police tried to destroy the crops in Kamal Khan Jokhio Goth on Friday morning but the locals put up resistance and forced them to abandon the attempt.