Pace of Karachi operation to be accelerated

• Decision taken in operational committee meeting
• Two “terrorists”, eight “hardened criminals” held in city
• Heavy arms and ammo recovered in targeted raids

The law enforcement agencies Monday decided to accelerate the pace of targeted operation against criminals in the violence-proned metropolis.
According to a Rangers’ spokesman, a high level conference of operational committee was held Monday at Rangers headquarters under the chair of Rangers Director General Major General Rizwan Akhtar.
The meeting, the spokesman said, discussed progress in the LEAs’ joint operations against the enemies of the city’s peace at length.
The meeting among others was attended by Sindh IGP Shahid Nadeem Baloch, city police chief Additional IG Shahid Hayat, sector commanders, zonal DIGs and other senior Rangers officers.
“It has been decided that the pace of current operation against criminals will be increased,” he said. The spokesman said the committee also agreed that “synergised efforts” will be made to achieve the desired objectives.
In a separate statement, the Rangers claimed to have acted upon a tip-off in Landhi neighbourhood where it arrested two alleged terrorists with a huge cache of arms and ammunition.
“Sindh Rangers conducted an intelligence-driven targeted raid in Landhi Number 6 this morning and arrested two terrorists,” the spokesman said adding that during the operation the paramilitary force recovered weapons including two light machine guns, sniper rifles, .22 rifles, 9mm pistols and a large quantity of mixed ammunition.
Meanwhile, on Sunday night the Rangers claimed to have conducted targeted raids in different city neighbourhoods including Dawood Challi, Majeed Colony, Staff Colony, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Angara Goth, Malir Khokrapar, North Nazimabad Block I, Nazimabad, Liaqatabad, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 12 and Shah Baig Lane of the volatile Lyari.
“Also snap checking was also carried out in KEPZ area,” said the spokesperson. “During the above mentioned raids, eight ‘hardened criminals’ were arrested,” he said, adding that weapons also have been recovered from the possession of arrested suspects.
Meanwhile, CID police also claimed to have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the possession of criminals.
CID officer Chaudhry Aslam Khan displayed the recovered weapons at the CID headquarters.