The bomb disposal squad of Karachi police foiled a bid of terrorism by diffusing a bomb while the Karachi police conducted raids in different parts of the city and arrested alleged activists of banned outfit Tahreek Taliban Pakistan and extortionists.
According to details, Special Investigation Unit of the Karachi police conducted raid in Manghoper area of the city and arrested two persons -Murad Khan Mahsud and Ikram Ullah Mahsud.
SSP Farooq Awan told media person that police team conducted raids on an information and arrested the accused after an encounter. The accused revealed during the interrogation that they were involved in the killing of two police officers and two constables. The SSP said both activists of TTP also collected bhatta from the businessmen by using code name of Shair Khan Mahsud. They also confessed of making attack on Manghoper police station.
On the other hand, BDS of Karachi police, on a tip off, foiled a bid of terrorism in the city. BDS got information about a suspicious activity near a residential building at Five Star Chowrangi in the area of North Karachi. A team of BDS reached the spot and made the bomb inactive. An officer of BDS told media that the bomb was local made and weighed 3 kg.
The anti-car lifting cell of Karachi police also conducted raids in Surjani Town and arrested five persons.
SSP Khurram Waris said during a press conference that the culprits Mehboob Ali, Ghulam Sarwar, Muhammad Zeeshan, Muhammad Aslam and Wazir Ali belonged to a strong gang of motorcycle snatchers. Police arrested members of the gang and recovered 45 snatched motorcycles and heavy instruments that they used to use for changing the engine and chessis of the snatched motorcycles.
The snatchers also revealed that they used to wear uniform of some security company to shift the snatched motorcycles to their hideouts. The suspects confessed of snatching more than 400 motorcycles which had been sold out in different parts of the city.
In another incident, the police conducted action at Hub River Road where snatchers were busy in looting a passenger coach. After an encounter police arrested two suspects while two other fled from the scene. Two police constables Gulzar and Iqbal got bullet injuries during the encounter and they were shifted to Civil Hospital.
On the other hand, targeted killing continued in the city and three persons including an activist were killed. According to details unknown persons opened fire on Laiq Ahmed at Five Star Chowrangi and killed him on the spot. Laiq received five bullets in his chest. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Laiq was said to be an activists of Muttahida Qaumi Movement. Another person Shoaib Baloch got bullet injuries when unknown persons targeted him near Chakiwara. He succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.
Police found a body in gunny bag from garden area of the city. The body was shifted to civil hospital and could not be ascertained till filing of this report.
