Two men, one an activist of a political party and the other a member of a religious organisation, were murdered in separate incidents on Saturday. Muhammad Fayyaz, a resident of Landhi, was killed when unidentified assailants sprayed his cars with bullets while he was on his way home. Fayyaz’s body was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital According to police, the victim was an activist of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Separately, Shahid Rana was shot dead by unidentified people in the Chanesar Goth area. His body was sent to the Civil Hospital. The victim was shot twice in the head. Raza was a sub-inspector of the Razakar police and the Sunni Tehreek (ST) claimed that the victim was their activist.
OPERATIONS: Conducting targeted operations in various areas of the city, the law enforcement agencies arrested over 100 people and recovered weapons from their possession. According to details, Rangers and police carried out targeted search operations in many parts of the city including Landhi, Malir and Gulshan-e-Iqbal, arresting more than 100 people and seizing arms and ammunition from their possession. Separately, the Special Investigation Unit of the Karachi police conducted raids in different parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and arrested two people Nasir and Gulab Shah. Acting on the information disclosed by these men, they also rounded up two more suspects. The arrested men were shifted to an undisclosed location, where they confessed to their involvement in different bank robberies in Karachi and a huge amount of looted cash was also recovered from their possession.
