Large numbers of Rangers personnel were deployed in Lyari, Orangi Town, Malir, Saddar and other parts of the city.-AFP/File photo

KARACHI: The Rangers and police on Tuesday night started a ‘surgical operation’ against criminals in areas of Karachi affected by violence and arrested 24 suspects, DawnNews reported.

Large numbers of Rangers personnel were deployed in Lyari, Orangi Town, Malir, Saddar and other parts of the city.

Police and Rangers arrested eight suspects from Lyari, five each from Hasan Square and the old vegetable market area.

Meanwhile, seven people were injured in a firing incident that took place in Lyari’s Agra Taj Colony. All the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik also visited the areas of Lyari and Kati Pahari. He told media representatives that the operation would be conducted in all the areas where terrorists were present.

Residents of Lyari got angered on the news of the operation in the area and staged a protest against police and Rangers. Aerial firing was also reported in the area.