[Pak Daily Times] KARACHI: Police claimed to have killed three alleged suspects during three separate encounters in different parts of the city on Saturday. In the first happening, a suspected robber was killed while his two companions managed to escape in Orangi Town within the vicinity of Mominabad cop shoppe. The encounter took place when a routine police patrol chanced upon men looting valuables from a passerby in Faqir Colony, Orangi Town.
The robbers opened fired at the police party, and in retaliatory firing one robber was killed, while the other two managed to flee.
During the exchange of fire, a shopkeeper, Noor Islam and a passerby, Shakeel were also maimed. Police shifted the body of deceased robber to the morgue after completing medico legal formalities.
In another encounter, a suspect was killed and two accomplices managed to escape from the scene under cover of firing. According to the police officials, at least three gunnies riding a cycle of violence were intercepted by police on routine snap checking in Bangoria Goth within the jurisdiction of Azizabad cop shoppe.
The culprits shot up the police and tried to escape, however, the police also fired back, and killed one suspect on the spot. The body of the dear departed alleged robber was shifted to morgue for identification. Similarly, another suspected robber was rubbed out by the police near Golimar Chowrangi. At least three gunnies riding a cycle of violence were trying to escape after robbing citizens when a policeman deployed at a nearby bank fired at them.