Karachi:
While the police turned their attention elsewhere during the month of Ramazan, the members of the notorious gangs of Lyari took advantage of the situation to leave their bastions in the neighborhoods of the old town to prowl in other districts of the metropolitan city.
This is perhaps the reason why a sharp increase was observed in the event of extortion involving Lyari gangsters. It was reported on Tuesday that a gang Lyari extorted money from New Karachi merchants.
A owner of a confectionery store in sector 11-D has recorded a case on behalf of the local market merchants of the new Karachi police station under different sections, including extortion and death threats.
According to him, two armed suspects arrived on a motorcycle on the market around 9 p.m. Tuesday evening and asked 100,000 extortion rupees from each merchant. When they said they couldn’t pay them heavy amounts, the suspects opened fire.
A three-year-old toddler named Taimoor Ali was injured by shots while the suspects fled the scene.
The police arrived shortly after the incident and recovered a 9 mm pistol ball box on site.
However, the event did not end there. Around 10 p.m., traders, including the complainant, received another series of extortion messages, this time by demanding RS1 million and threatening to kill them if they did not pay. Police have confirmed that suspects are linked to the Lyari gangs.
They transferred the case to the Special Investigation Unit (SIU), which launched a suspect hunt.
People kill an alleged thief
A citizen lost his life as suspects of motorcyclist origin targeted with shots during a flight in the district of Malir.
The deceased, Babar, 35, father of three, led a swimming pool, a company to distribute cold drinks and a real estate agency office.
The attackers tried to flee, but the public on the scene managed to catch one of the thieves after a fierce struggle.
Facked by anger, the crowd jumped on the suspect to puncting him with punches and kicks and dragging him on the ground until the police arrived on the scene.
Shah Latif Town police took the suspect wounded by criticism at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) for treatment.
However, the deceased heirs followed the police in the hospital and attacked the suspect. Subsequently, the thief died of public torture.
The inhabitants of the city of Shah Latif are indignant by the murder of two citizens by thieves within two days. He also organized a demonstration on the national road.
