Tag: crimes

  • Police chief advises Karachiites not to resist robbers during mugging

    Police chief advises Karachiites not to resist robbers during mugging

    Additional Inspector General of Police Jawed Alam Odho has advised the residents of Karachi to not resist robbers if they are being held up.

    The police chief’s statement has come forward during a press briefing in Karachi on the killing of a young man in a mugging incident.

    On Thursday, two robbers shot dead a 21-year-old student — Bilal Nasir — of the NED University of Engineering and Technology.

    During the mugging bid, Bilal succeeded in getting hold of one of the robbers, but the robber opened fire from close range. The youth was shot in his chest and leg, killing him on the spot.

    Police have managed to arrest one suspect in Bilal’s killing—Nizamuddin. According to Odho, the suspect is a teenager, an Afghan who has been illegally living in Karachi.

    Odho remarked that this year, the situation of robbery, dacoity, and street crime had remained “stable” with an overall increase of 7 per cent.

    He also said that in 2022, 518 people were severely injured or killed during street crimes. However, in 2021, the figure was 522.

  • Karachi police to contact Interpol to arrest Swedish nationality holder who killed policeman

    Karachi police to contact Interpol to arrest Swedish nationality holder who killed policeman

    In order to arrest a foreign national suspected of killing a police officer in the port city earlier this week, Karachi police have chosen to consult Interpol.

    DIG South Irfan Baloch while talking to Geo News said, “We are writing to the Director General of passports for seizing his passport and we are also approaching the FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) for contacting Interpol.”

    Murder:

    Khurram Nisar, the man suspected of killing policeman Abdul Rehman in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA), has fled the country on November 22 Tuesday, Samaa has reported.

    Irfan Baloch, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Karachi South, while talking to Samaa said that the suspect holds Swedish nationality.
    According to police sources, Khurram has flown to Sweden on an international airline’s flight via Istanbul.

    A heated exchange between Khurram Nisar and the police officer has come to light in CCTV footage, in which the accused is seen pulling out his gun after getting out of a black car.

    Khurram is the son of a former Deputy Commissioner. According to the authorities, he arrived in Karachi on November 5 from Sweden, where he resides with his wife and two children.

  • Brother, sister killed in Bannu, alleged assassin captured

    A young boy along with his sister was gunned down by an unidentified killer in Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday.

    According to ARY News, the incident occurred in Mando Khel area of Bannu, situated in the jurisdiction of Cantt Police, where the killer murdered both the siblings and fled the scene.

    The police have shifted the dead bodies to a local hospital, and eventually captured the killer. The police have also launched further investigation to ascertain the motive behind the double murder.

    Separately,  a man from Gujranwala city in Punjab identified as Ateeq burned his wife alive for not giving birth to a son, reports ARY. The incident took place in the Kot Shekju area of Gujranwala. He had three daughters.

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    The man’s sister-in-law allegedly supported him in the crime. According to the authorities, after killing his wife, Ateeq fled the scene with his three daughters.

  • Faisalabad incident: Women confess to stripping themselves

    Faisalabad incident: Women confess to stripping themselves

    Chairperson of the Women Protection Authority Kaneez Fatima, while talking to ARY News, has revealed that the women who were allegedly stripped naked and beaten by locals have confessed to stripping themselves out of fear.

    “The women have confessed to stripping themselves out of fear and had apologized over the act committed by them,” said Kaneez Fatima.

    She continued by condemning the torture against the alleged female robbers saying that no one has the right to beat them up even if they are involved in stealing anything. On December 7, it was reported that four women were stripped naked and beaten by locals on the accusation of the theft. Later, more videos of the incident emerged in which the women could be seen stripping themselves.

    However, the case is still under investigation