KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police on Saturday claimed to have killed two suspected militants in an encounter in the militancy-infested area of Sohrab Goth.

The police also claimed to have seized 100 kilos of explosive material, one Kalashnikov assault rifle, two TT pistols and five hand grenades.

Acting on secret information provided by a federal intelligence agency, the CID police carried out a targeted raid near Deluxe Homes in Sohrab Goth, said official in charge of CID (anti-extremism cell) DSP Ali Raza.

The raid was carried out in the early hours of Saturday, he said.

On seeing the policemen, the suspects opened fire which was retaliated by the CID police, with the result that two suspects, identified as Abdullah and Zakaria, sustained bullet injuries. They were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi where doctors pronounced them dead.

“The deceased belonged to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (Khan Zaman group),” said the CID officer.

DSP Raza said the group was mainly involved in kidnapping for ransom incidents. He said two of their accomplices, Khan Zaman and Abid alias Muchhar, managed to escape from the spot, taking advantage of darkness.

‘Robbers’ kill KWSB officer

A senior officer of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board was killed by suspected robbers for resisting an armed robbery in Gulistan-i-Jauhar, police said, claiming that they managed to arrest one of the suspects in a wounded condition.

The police said four suspects entered the bungalow of 35-year old, Zahoor Zamir, in Block-12 of Gulistan-i-Jauhar at around 4am by climbing the wall of a nearby under-construction building, said Sharea Faisal SHO Aslam Pervez.

They snatched four cellphones and a purse containing around Rs12,000 in cash from the people. In the meantime, Mr Zamir managed to take out his licensed pistol and fired at the robbers, leaving one of them wounded. In retaliation, his accomplices shot at and wounded the house owner before fleeing. The area police had arrived by then and arrested the

wounded suspect, identified as Mohammed Rasool, and shifted him along with the house owner to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre. While doctors pronounced Mr Zamir dead on arrival, the suspected robber was admitted to the intensive care unit.

The police said the victim was a deputy director in the KWSB.