Five including former cop injured in firing incidents
July 27, 2021
Five people, including a retired policeman, were wounded in incidents of firing in the city on Monday.
A 60-year-old man, Sharafat Ali, son of Shahjahan, was wounded in Orangi Town. He was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. SHO Muhammad Riaz said the injured person was a retired policeman and resident of Ittehad Town. He added that Ali was on his way to his in-laws after withdrawing cash from a private bank’s branch in Orangi Town when muggers shot and injured him for offering resistance during cash snatching.
The suspects also took his weapon with them. The SHO said police were trying to trace the suspects with the help of CCTV footage. Similarly, a young man, Raheel, 24, son of Abdur Razzak, was shot and injured in a firing incident in New Karachi within the limits of the Bilal Colony police station. He was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police said the youth was shot when he put up resistance during a m
Two women in bus wounded in crossfire between police, robbers
July 17, 2021
Two women travelling in a bus were wounded on Friday in an exchange of fire between police and robbers near Defence Morr.
The injured women were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. They were identified as 50-year-old Zar Pari, wife of Niaz Ali, and 36-year-old Kulsoom, wife of Ghulam Habib.
Police said the shoot-out occurred when some cops were carrying out snap checking in the area. They signalled two men on a motorcycle to stop but instead of stopping, they opened fire on police and tried to escape.
In retaliation, police returned fire. During the shoot-out, one of the suspects managed to escape and the other got into a bus to avoid arrest. It was then, the two women travelling in the bus were wounded in firing.
Security guard kills internet provider, injures another
July 11, 2021
A young internet provider was gunned down and another was critically wounded after a security guard of a filling station in Sharafi Goth opened fire on them following an exchange of heated words on Saturday.
A Sharafi Goth police official said the incident took place at a CNG station in the Singer Chowrangi area, adding that the casualties were taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. He said the deceased was identified as Asad Mehmood, 21, and the injured as Farhan Gulzar Ahmed, 38.
Police said the two internet providers were frequent visitors to the filling station, adding that they had asked the station’s security guard for a ladder, but an argument resulted in the guard shooting at them with his 12-bore repeater.
Launching a special campaign on Sharea Faisal with other senior officers of the local police, the DIG said that around 90 per cent of deaths of motorbike riders were caused by non-wearing of helmets. AP/File
KARACHI: The city traffic police on Saturday announced the imposition of a ban on riding motorbikes without wearing helmet on Sharea Faisal in the first phase to be replicated on three other major roads in the second phase to prevent the growing incidents of death mainly caused by non-wearing of helmets.
The decision would be implemented immediately, said DIG Traffic Iqbal Dara.
Launching a special campaign on Sharea Faisal with other senior officers of the local police, the DIG said that around 90 per cent of deaths of motorbike riders were caused by non-wearing of helmets as they suffered serious wounds to their heads in accidents.