KARACHI: Amid an alarming surge in the menace of street crimes, armed bandits on Monday killed four people and wounded five others when they offered resistance to their separate mugging bids, police and hospital officials said.

They said that three of them were gunned down while the fourth one was stabbed to death.

A shopkeeper was shot dead in Defence Housing Authority. Area people got hold of two muggers and subjected them to severe beating before handing them to police.

Gizri SHO Agha Mashooq said armed pillion riders shot and injured Waseem, 30, when he put up resistance at main Ittehad Commercial. He suffered a critical bullet wound in the head and was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

Incidents of street crime in Karachi have been increasing alarmingly

As the muggers tried to flee, area people overpowered them and subjected them to a beating.

The SHO said a robber suffered a bullet wound due to the firing of his accomplice.

The police claimed to have recovered one pistol and one motorbike from their custody.

Also in DHA, armed muggers shot and wounded a woman and a man upon resistance.

Defence SHO Azam Rajpar said that Anees Tariq, 65, drew cash from a bank in Phase-I and as she sat in her chauffeur-driven car, armed muggers emerged there and snatched Rs150,000 from her at gunpoint and rode away.

However, her driver chased the fleeing suspects in the car but the robbers opened fire while fleeing. The bullets hit Ms Tariq and her driver, Arab Khan, 30, and they were taken to the JPMC, where their condition was stated to be out of danger.

JPMC’s executive director Dr Seemin Jamali said the woman suffered wounds in the right foot while her driver suffered injuries in the hip.

Robbers shoot man to death in Jauhar

A man was shot dead and his son-in-law was wounded by armed robbers upon resistance in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

A Sharea Faisal police officer said that Wajihul Hasan, 60, and Hamza Qaiser, 35, were travelling in a car when armed pillion riders intercepted them near the Millennium Mall and fired at them when they offered resistance.

They suffered bullet wounds and were taken to the JPMC, where the 60-year-old died during treatment.

Killing in Saeedabad

A 34-year-old man was shot dead by robbers in Saeedabad.

Police said that Naveed Jameel was killed by armed robbers when he put up resistance near Ali Chowk in Sector 4-C.

The body was shifted to the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Stabbing

A man was stabbed to death and another injured by robbers upon resistance off Superhighway.

The Sachal police said that two persons identified as Jumma Gul, 35, and Kand Agha, 22, were stabbed by robbers over resistance near the Jamali bridge at Punjab Bus Stand.

They were shifted to the Patel Hospital in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, where Agha died during treatment.

A 32-year-old man was shot at and hurt by robbers on main Sharea Faisal.

The Ferozeabad police said that Mujahid was wounded when he resisted a robbery bid near Dunkin Donuts.

He was shifted to the JPMC for treatment.

Man, married woman killed in Lyari

A man and a married woman were gunned down in what police described as a so-called honour killing in Lyari on Monday.

The police said Yasir Asmat, 34, and Sofia, 38, were shot dead at the woman’s home in Rexer Lane near Islam Chowk.

Kalakot SHO Asif Munawwar said that the victim woman’s husband, Javed, and his brother were allegedly involved in the double murder.

He said the killings appeared to be an outcome of “honour killing”.

The suspects managed to escape from the crime scene.

Woman shot dead in Ittehad Town

A young woman was shot dead allegedly by her husband in Ittehad Town on Monday.

Police said that Irum Shahzadi, 34, was killed by her husband, Hamid Ali, over a family dispute at their home in Juma Bazaar. The suspect managed to escape.

Area SHO Zafar Ali Shah said that the couple had three children and it was a love marriage.

Body found

The bullet-riddled body of a young woman was found near Qayyumabad on Monday.

The Zaman Town police said that the body was recovered from C-Area near a local Christian graveyard.

The identity could not be ascertained till the filing of this report. The body was shifted to the JPMC to fulfil medico-legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2021