HYDERABAD: Police arrested nine suspects involved in kidnapping, extortion and other crimes in injured condition during separate police encounters.
The police spokesman Mazhar Shani informed here on Tuesday that the Anti Terrorism Squad and B-Section police arrested 3 suspects including 2 in injured condition after an exchange of fire in Kolhi Goth Latifabad Unit 5.
The 3 suspects, from whom illegal weapons were recovered, were nominated in some 40 FIRs for crimes including kidnapping, extortion, robbery and police encounters.
He said initially Latifabad A-Section police received a tip-off about presence of the suspects in Shah Najaf Colony Unit 11 but when the police reached there for the raid the suspects escaped after opening fire on the police. SSP Irfan Baloch taking notice of that encounter, ordered the police to tighten snap checking at all exit and entry points in the districts, he added.
However, within an hour they received information that those suspects were hiding in Kolhi Goth Unit 5 and the police went after them for their arrest, he said adding that Shakir Shaikh and Raheel Maseeh were arrested in injured condition.
The spokesman identified the third suspect as Imran Malik.
In a separate raid, the B-Section police arrested 2 suspects Saleem Qazi and Ramzan Chang in injured condition after an encounter near the protective embankment in Latifabad Unit 10 area.
The GOR police also arrested 2 suspected robbers Javed Khatian and Waqar Lodhi in injured condition after an encounter near Niaz Cricket Stadium.
Separately, Bhitai Nagar police also arrested 2 suspected street criminals Faheem Qureshi and Noman Qureshi near Horse ground area.
According to the spokesman, Chalgari police arrested a suspect Nisar Kalwar who was booked in two separate FIRs of murder in Jacobabad district.
The police recovered an unlicensed 7mm rifle from his possession.
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