Pakistan Ranger (Sindh) on April 26 arrested eight suspects, including Lyari gangsters, during raids in different parts of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, reports The News. A spokesman for the Sindh Rangers said notorious criminal Shahid Iqbal, associated with the Lyari gang war’s Aziz Baloch group, was arrested in the Kalri area on charges of involvement in a number of extortion cases. In raids carried out raids in Awami Colony, Frere, Ferozeabad and Garden areas, rangers arrested six men, Qaiser Khan, Muhammad Yasir Khan Nabil Shah, Mujahid Ali, Muhammad Zafar and Irfan, for their alleged involvement in a number of street crime and other robbery cases in different parts of the city. In Korangi, Mumtaz Ali Siddiqui, said to be associated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London, was apprehended on charges working as a facilitator of criminals.
Further, an alleged hitman belonging to a political party, allegedly involved in the targeted killing of a former Town Nazim, was arrested from Liaquatabad Town of Karachi on April 26, reports The News. The suspect, was identified as Kanwar Imran Ali Khan alias Imran Ejaz, is said to be affiliated with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London and was the in-charge of the target killers’ team belonging to the Nazimabad and Gulbahar sector of the party.
Meanwhile, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on April 25 convicted four people of attacking two Rangers check posts in Korangi town with explosives, reports The News. The ATC-XIII judge awarded 14 years’ jail terms to Ahmed Hussain Salman alias SP and Ubaidullah Siddiqui alias Habib Kala and 10 years to Salman alias Amya and Kamran Siddiqui alias Kammo. All the four people were found guilty of attacking the Rangers checkpost in Korangi Crossing on March 18, 2016, with hand grenades, injuring three personnel and a civilian, and another checkpost of the paramilitary force was attacked in Korangi 2 ½ area on March 21, 2016. No casualties occurred in the second attack.