At least two police officials were shot dead in Karachi’s Bahadurabad area on Thursday.
Unidentified motorcyclists opened indiscriminate fire on police personnel during routine patrolling near Dawood Public School. While the attackers managed to escape, the policemen succumbed to their injuries on the spot.
After initiating the Karachi operation against criminals, attacks on policemen have increased in the city to disturb the operation, said SSP East Javaid Jaskani while visiting the spot where the two constables were shot dead.
Talking to media, Javaid said New Town Police Station’s Head Constable Abdul Ghaffar and Constable Parvaiz Ahmed were on patrolling in Bahadurabad area when they were hit by unidentified armed men riding a motorbike.
He said the investigation was under way and the criminals would be apprehended very soon. On August 12, three policemen were killed and one injured when unknown armed men opened fire on their mobile vehicle in Korangi area of the city. Similarly, in June, a DSP was gunned down when assailants allegedly belonging to the Swati faction of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) opened fire at his vehicle in Karachi’s Shah Latif Town. Recently, rising incidents of firing at traffic constables had prompted the authorities to provide them with bulletproof jackets and sub-machine guns, but the incidents seem to have continued unabated.
Body of traffic warden recovered
Meanwhile, body of a traffic warden was found from Aram Bagh area of the metropolis on Thursday.
Rescue sources said, two days old body of a traffic police, Rehan, 45, son of Sarwar, was recovered from his home near Aram Bagh. The body was shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi for an autopsy.
