KARACHI: Law enforcement agencies gunned down a terrorist who carried a bounty of Rs1.5 million (Dh88,974) and two members of Lyari gangs in different encounters in the city, police sources said Thursday.
In the eastern part of the city, police and rangers carried a joint raid and killed Qari Abdul Rehman, the kingpin of a banned militant outfit, the police said. Abdul Rehman was wanted in more than 100 cases of terrorism in Karachi including attacks on the police and the paramilitary rangers.
The government of Pakistan had fixed a bounty of Rs1.5 million on his head. The police found weapons and hand grenades from Rehman’s house and a case under terrorism clauses were registered at the police station.
In yet another alleged encounter, one Nabeel belonging to Lyari gang was shot in Kalakot area of Lyari town. The encounter took place at the Napier Road and the gangster who was injured in the firing succumbed on way to hospital.
Police said 25-year Nabeel was involved in murders of more than 40 people and belonged to Baba Ladla group of the Lyari gang. He was also wanted in many cases of extortion and other street crimes, police said.
In the wee hours of Thursday, the police had another encounter near Jumman Shah Shrine at Kalakot area of Lyari in which Irfan Malik alias Kaloo was killed, the police source said and added he was involved in many targeted killings in the city.
A concerted operation has been going on in the city since September 2013 to control over the unbridled sectarian, ethnic, political and street killings. The operation also targets gangsters, extortionists, kidnappers and militants.
The latest statistics issued by police say murders had come down to 2,206 during the 400-days-plus operation compared to 3,345 murders during the same number of days before the police operation.
Targeted killings had also halved to 1,073 from 2,526 for the period under review.
Police undertook more than 2,100 encounters during the operation, killing over 600 criminals. More than 150 policemen have been killed during the operation, mostly in targeted killings, while some were killed during encounters.
