A couple was reportedly killed on honour while in search operations across the city three alleged target killers, among 26 suspects, were arrested by security forces on Saturday.
Pakistan Rangers personnel raided a house in the Buffer Zone area and claimed to have arrested a target killer, identified as Agha Hassan, and recovered weapons from his possession. The suspect – said to be affiliated with a political party – was shifted to an undisclosed location for further interrogation.
Sources said that Hassan has links with a network of target killers based in South Africa and has also visited South Africa four times. “He is a mastermind of targeted killings in the city and has confessed of his involvement in killings more than 50 people. Some government personalities are using pressure tactics to get Hassan released,” they added. The security agencies have also taken the personal laptop of the suspect in their custody.
Hassan has told the agencies personnel that he used to get information about his targets through the internet from South Africa, the sources said. On intelligence information, Rangers conducted raids in different areas of Lyari, including Khadda Market, Abdullah College and Baghdadi among other localities, and arrested 16 people while also recovering weapons. The suspects included Liaquat, Naushad Baloch, Nooro Baloch, Dado Chandio and Liaquat Baloch.
However, two more wanted suspects Kamran alias Boxer and Kamran alias Dada fled the area. In a raid in Sohrab Goth, police arrested a suspect named Shahid Jameel alias Tariq Chamber while also recovering weapons. The suspect was said to be involved in targeted killings of more than 30 people in the city and was shifted him to an undisclosed location. The police also arrested two suspects, Saqib and Zohaib, and recovered two TT pistols from them.
Two suspects were nabbed by the police from Shah Faisal Colony and two TT pistols seized from their possession. The Gadap police arrested a man identified as Raza Khan, allegedly involved in the murder of his sister and brother-in-law. Unidentified assailants killed a woman and his husband inside their house in Sohrab Goth.
Police said the woman had married on her choice four months ago and the incident appeared to be an honour killing. At least six students suffered injuries in a clash between two student organisations in the Jungle Shah College, Kemari. Pakhtun Student Federation and Islami Jamiat Talaba activists used iron rods and pelted stones on each other. The injured students were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre while the police have arrested four suspects.
