Police rounded up 20 more suspects in raids during the ongoing targeted operation, as street crimes and violence continued in Karachi on Thursday claiming the life a woman.
Reportedly, two most wanted criminals were arrested following a brief encounter with a police team in Ittehad Town. Weapons were also seized.
According to police officials, the criminals, Omer Iqbal and Madada Ali, were affiliated with a political party. They said the suspects, who attacked the police team and damaged the police mobile partially, surrendered after they sustained gunshot wounds in the ensuing shootout.
Separately, a heavy contingent of police arrested 20 suspects in a house-to-house search operation in PNT Colony and Lower Gizri areas late on Wednesday night.
Meanwhile, a woman was shot dead by unidentified attackers in Model Colony. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained until the filing of this report.
