KARACHI: As many as two policemen have been shot to death in the course of mere half an hour in two late night occurrences in different areas of Karachi while around 70 suspects were arrested on earlu Sunday morning.
According to details, a policeman, Ghulam Rasool, was gunned down in Surjani Town area of Sector 36-B. Right half an hour later another policeman was killed in the limit of Karachi airport police station. The deceased hailed from Special Branch and identified as Sub Inspector Azhar Jaffri.
Bodies of the two deceased were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Jinnah Hospital respectively.
Meanwhile Police conducted search operations in different areas of the city and arrested 70 suspects on Sunday.
The search operation was conducted in Sarjani area of Taiseer Town where 30 suspects were arrested. Gulsha Iqbal police conducted a search operation in areas of Gulistan-e-Johar and Gulshan Iqbal and arrested 40 suspects.
Plugging the entry and exits points of the areas, police personnel conducted search operation at certain particular houses and captured the suspected people. However, no firearms or other sabotage instruments were recovered in the operation.
SP Gulshan-e-Iqbal Abid Qaimkhani said the search operation was conducted on a tip-off and 40 people have been nailed so far from Gulistan-e-Johar and Gulshan Iqbal.
He said these people will be interrogated and cases will be lodged against those who are found involved in criminal activities and those who are suspicious
INP