Three suspected robbers were killed in an alleged police encounter in North Karachi on Monday, police said. According to the District Central police, Shaheen Force personnel of the Taimuria police station exchanged fire with the suspects near the Star Lawn in Sector 5-B/3 within the jurisdiction of the Khawaja Ajmer Nagri police station.
Police said the suspects had allegedly robbed a citizen in the Hussainabad area and were trying to flee when the citizen followed them and sought assistance from the Shaheen Force personnel in the Taimuria area.
On the citizen’s identification, the police team started pursuing the suspects. The chase continued into the jurisdiction of the Khawaja Ajmer Nagri police station where the police confronted the suspects.
The suspects allegedly opened fire on the police in a bid to evade arrest, prompting retaliatory fire from the law enforcers. In the exchange of fire, all three suspects were killed at the scene, police said adding that they were trying to ascertain the identities of the deceased suspects and complete legal formalities.
Sindh Home Minister Ziaul-Hassan Lanjar praised the Taimuria Shaheen Force team after the three suspected robbers were killed. He commended the police officials for their timely response, bravery and professionalism, saying action against street criminals in Karachi should be further intensified.
He said protecting the lives and property of citizens was the police’s foremost responsibility and indiscriminate action against criminal elements would continue. Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Alam Odho praised West DIG Irfan Baloch, Central SSP Dr Imran Khan and the Shaheen Force personnel for the action.
The IGP said timely and effective police action against criminal elements would boost public confidence in the police. He directed police officers to make operations against street crime and other criminal activities more effective and swift. The Sindh police, he said, continued to take action against criminal elements under its zero-tolerance policy, particularly against street crime.
