Citizens did not get peace even in Ramadan

Even in Ramadan, the citizens of Karachi did not get any peace. The incidents of street crime and loot market incidents could not stop, the claims made by the police for security in Ramadan have been proved. Seasonal street criminals have also come out as soon as the markets open for Eid shopping. It was claimed by the police that more than 3,000 trained officers would be deployed at major markets in the city to control street crimes. Police officials had said that 1,100 trained personnel would perform special duties at each zone level, the trained personnel would be deployed in and around markets.

Officials said that district police officers will be deployed on the streets, while armed forces of the district police will also be deployed at hotspots of street crimes, snap-checking across the city and increased patrolling by motorcycle-borne officers. , while the snap checking locations and timings will also be changed on a daily basis. However, citizens are still at the mercy of street criminals.

So far this year, 36 people have died and dozens have been injured during the robbery resistance. During the three months of this year, more than 19 thousand citizens of Karachi were deprived of motorcycles, mobile phones and vehicles. There is no part of the city where citizens can leave their homes without fear. According to Karachi Police records, in the first three months of 2023, there were 132 murders, 221 attempted murders, 324 attacks on police, 43 rapes, 659 kidnappings, 13 kidnappings for ransom, 114 child abductions, highway But 4 cases of robbery, 84 cases of robbery and burglary in houses, 98 cases of robbery and burglary at shops were reported, during which 501 vehicles, while 3396 motorcycles were snatched and stolen from the city.

Last week also, 4 people were killed by robbers. A person was seriously injured by the robbers’ firing on resisting during the looting at Lyari Eight Chowk within the limits of Baghdadi police station. The body was taken to the civil hospital for post-mortem, where the victim was identified as 35-year-old Waheed son of Khalid. was sitting, while the armed men stole the victim’s mobile phone and escaped. According to the SHO, the victim was a resident of Lyari and was related to Khuzdar, Balochistan. Later, the police also claimed to have arrested two suspects involved in the incident. What is it.

45-year-old Shahid son of Ahmad Khan was seriously injured in the firing by motorcycle-borne accused near Shah Latif Hasan Yawar Goth Jogi Mor within the limits of Shah Latif Town police station. He was shifted to Jinnah Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. According to SHO Mazhar Iqbal, the victim’s mobile phone and money are there and it seems that he was killed on the basis of personal grudge. However, the investigation is on, the deceased was employed in the port and hailed from Larkana.

On the other hand, the relatives of the deceased say that he was shot and killed by bandits on resistance during the robbery. Kamran Khan, the cousin of the deceased Shahid, said that SHO Mazhar Iqbal would have called the incident a personal enmity to hide the matter. However, he said that Shahid Ahmed was an innocent person with good character, he had no enmity with anyone, 2 accused were trying to snatch the mobile phone from Shahid Ahmed, Shahid resisted and did not give the mobile phone to the accused. On which the accused fired shots at Shahid, I was coming from behind, the accused immediately fled after seeing me.

The relatives of the deceased staged a dharna by keeping the body on the National Highway and raised slogans against the police and demanded the arrest of the accused involved in the incident. The armed suspects were looting near the Ayub Goth Khalil Ground within the boundaries of Sohrab Goth police station, when people started gathering there, the accused opened fire indiscriminately, killing a 16-year-old boy, Samir son of Raja, on the spot.27 Amanullah son of Ghulam Akbar was injured. According to SHO Wilayat Shah, the deceased was a resident of the same area.

He said that the accused were robbing someone else and to escape, they opened fire and the deceased was hit by it, while another person was injured. He said that further investigation of the incident is going on, the accused failed to loot and escaped from there. A person was killed in a firing incident near Memon Goth Police Station, Somar Kandani Goth River, on the information of which the rescue volunteers reached the spot and shifted the body of the deceased to Jinnah Hospital. In the name of Bakhsh.

According to SHO Akram Arain, the deceased was riding in a pick-up when two motorcycle-riding suspects were looting from a vehicle near the river. and escaped, the victim died on the spot due to bullet injury, they said that the accused could not take any goods from the victim, the victim was employed in a bakery and his ancestral relation was from Rato Dero. On the other hand, incidents of looting are also going on.

The driver of Jang Akhbar’s staff van was robbed in Azizabad. The driver was recovered near Liaquat Ali Khan Chowk in Azizabad. When the driver stopped the van near Azizabad to bring the fighting staff to the office from Azizabad, the motorcycle-borne accused assaulted the driver and fled, the incident took place around 8 am. The famous sweet shop of Malir was robbed in broad daylight. Malir city police station is located in front of the sweet shop.

The accused escaped after looting Rs 35 lakh during the incident. In the CCTV footage of the incident, the shop owner can be seen bringing a bag, two robbers enter the shop and snatch the guard’s weapon and throw it away. The accused escape from near the police station, but despite the sound of gunfire, the police did not reach the spot. The robber was killed by firing. Armed suspects on motorcycles robbed several people passing by at Shah Faisal bridge in Shah Faisal area. The accused robbed around a dozen people who were passing by.

Journalist Mohammad Shakeel was also among the victims. The accused robbed him of cash, important documents and other items at gunpoint. Mohammad Shakeel has filed a complaint in the police station. However, no accused involved in the incident has been arrested yet. In Shah Latif, a woman who left the bank with money was robbed at her doorstep, the CCTV footage of the incident has come to light, it can be seen in the CCTV footage, the woman gets down from the rickshaw outside her house. The accused arrived on two motorcycles, seeing the accused, the woman quickly knocked on the door.

However, the armed accused snatched the wallet from the woman, the accused also robbed the rickshaw driver, as soon as the door of the house opened, the woman entered the house, after which the men came out, the accused escaped from the scene after looting. are A valuable panel was stolen from a vehicle in Gulshan Iqbal Block 6. In the CCTV footage of the incident, 2 suspects can be seen on a motorcycle. In the footage, one of the accused’s accomplices was sitting on the motorcycle. . Mahmoodabad Parsi Gate Rehmaniya General Store, the accused ran away after looting.

At the exact time of Iftar, the accused on a motorcycle arrived, the accused continued to loot a few steps away from the police station. In the CCTV footage of the incident, people in the general store can be seen eating Iftar, dressed in shirts, shalwars and pant shirts. Two accused committed the crime, one accused entered the shop and stole cash from the counter, the accused also stole mobile phones and cash from the people present in the shop. They went, the accused ran away after looting without fear.