Karachi Operation |OT| News Updates & Discussion

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I was surprised to see we didn't have a thread for this here, specially considering the magnitude of this operation, so I made one :p I shall post updates here everyday regarding Police and Rangers encounters with terrorists.
25.09.14 :

KARACHI:
At least nine suspects, including alleged rapists, a member of a banned outfit, gang members and robbers, were killed during separate raids conducted by the police and Rangers on Thursday.

A major encounter took place when four alleged rapists were killed by the police in Ganna Mandi, Sohrab Goth. DSP Qamar Ahmed said that the police conducted a raid at the criminals’ hideout in Macchar Colony on the information provided by an arrested person identified as Museeb Khan.

“Museeb was arrested on the charges of subjecting a five-year-old girl to rape in Sohrab Goth on Monday,” said Ahmed. “We took him with us to identify his comrades’ hideout where Khan was also killed by his own companions’ firing.”

The officer said that the three were killed during an exchange of fire with the police. Khan’s companions were also involved in various cases of rapes and gang rapes in the area as well as robberies, he added. The bodies were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsies. The deceased suspects were later identified as Museeb Khan, Bismillah alias Tahir, Niaz and Rehman Gul. Police officials said that they were trying to trace their possible links with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

In another encounter, Muhammad Shahid alias Mama associated with the banned outfit, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), was killed by the Preedy police near the Saddar passport office, said police. They also claim to have recovered two hand grenades and a 9mm pistol from his possession.

Meanwhile, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) claimed that Shahid was a local leader of the party and was arrested by police from his house on Saturday, adding that he was killed in a ‘fake encounter’. ASWJ Karachi chief Aurangzeb Farooqui has termed the killing of Shahid an act of ‘extrajudicial killing’ and demanded that the Chief Justice of Pakistan take a suo motu notice. “The law enforcers are themselves violating the laws,” he said, in a statement issued on Thursday.

Separately, two suspected Lyari gang members were killed in an alleged encounter with Rangers in Lyari. Police officials said that the shoot-out took place when the Rangers conducted a raid at the gangsters’ hideout in Lyari. Two alleged criminals were killed while a Rangers personnel was also wounded.

The bodies were shifted to Edhi morgue, Sohrab Goth, for identfication after medico-legal formalities were completed at Civil Hospital, Karachi.

A Ranger’s personnel was also wounded during the exchange of fire with the criminals and succumbed to his injuries during treatment. Lance Naik Anwar Ali was first taken to Civil Hospital, Karachi, and later shifted to Aga Khan University Hospital where he breathed his last.

In a separate incident, two suspected robbers were killed at Jinnah Square in Malir City. Residents said that they caught the suspects looting cash from a passer-by. They added that a crowd assembled who beat the suspects. Later, someone from the crowd opened fire and killed the two men. On the other hand, police officials claimed that the police killed them while they were trying to flee after robbing the passer-by.

The bodies were later shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for autopsies where they were identified as Anwar Raza and Shahnawaz.

Source : Express Tribune

 

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The real culprits in Sindh province are PPP, MQM, ANP & JUI.

 

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TTP network in Karachi ‘destroyed beyond repair’: Rangers – The Express Tribune

check out the statistics here!

 

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KARACHI: Two suspects were killed during separate encounters while over one dozen men, including alleged target killers affiliated with a political party, were apprehended during raids on Sunday.

An alleged robber was killed during an exchange of fire with the police in Sohrab Goth. Police officials said that four robbers were stealing money and mobile phones from people in Memon Goth. DSP Qamar Ahmed said that the police reached the scene of crime and tried to arrest them but the robbers opened fire at the police and tried to escape.

In retaliation, the police fired back and one of the robber was killed while another one was arrested. Two of their accomplices managed to escape. The deceased was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was identified as Nijad.

In Surjani Town, an alleged kidnapper was killed during an alleged encounter with the Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC). The encounter took place on Sunday morning when the AVCC police conducted a raid at the kidnappers’ hideout. AVCC officials claimed that the raid was conducted on information provided by a man they had arrested earlier – Akram Hashmi. The officials added that the kidnappers resorted to firing and tried to escape when the police conducted a raid at their hideout. Hashmi, who was with the police during the raid was killed in firing.

AVCC officials claimed that Hashmi was arrested a few days back, and added that during the investigation he claimed to have abducted a doctor identified as Javed. He told the police that they had planned to kill him after getting their hands on the ransom.

In an unrelated incident, district Malir police claimed to have arrested four members of a gang allegedly involved in buying sacrificial animals from the cattle market on Super Highway and using counterfeit money. DSP Qamar Ahmed said that Rs0.8 million of counterfeit money was also recovered from them. A case was registered against them and further investigation is being carried out.

Separately, as many as four suspects were apprehended during a targeted raid by the Rangers in Sharafi Goth. The Rangers spokesperson said that a raid was conducted at drugs dens in the area, adding that during the raid, four drug dealers were arrested while weapons and narcotics were also seized from their possession.

Meanwhile, three criminals, including target killers affiliated with a political party, were arrested during a targeted raid conducted by the Rangers in the Ramswami area. The Rangers spokesperson said that the raid was conducted on a information they received while weapons were also recovered. The suspects were taken to an undisclosed location for further investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2014.

source : The Express Tribune

 

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Great news! AIG Shahid Hayat, who due to insistence of MQM on joining provincial government, was removed from his post, has now been reappointed as Chief of CID Karachi! My speculations are that this move might be related to our new DG ISI Rizwan Akhtar. I just saw this on the news so as soon as written articles get published about it I will share the links.

 

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Two suspects killed in Lyari - Newspaper - DAWN.COM

@kaalilinux - bro Shahid Hayat is an apolitical and very honest and efficient officer. He cracks down on everyone equally whether it be Lyari gangsters, MQM target killers, TTP terrorists etc. No discriminatory policy

 

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the criminals they arrest are released a few days later due to political pressure, even the police are now looting the citizens on gunpoint. army should be deployed here and each and every criminal belonging to any political party should be killed...end of story, the same should be done to corrupt police officers and sipahis.

 

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KARACHI: Around three suspected militants and five alleged gang members were arrested during separate raids carried out in parts of the city on Sunday. Three suspects were apprehended during a raid conducted on a tip-off at the militants’ hideout in Yousuf Goth, in Surjani Town. Sources said that explosives, a suicide jacket and weapons were seized from their possession. The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for further questioning. In an unrelated incident, five suspected gangsters were arrested during a targeted raid conducted at the gangsters’ hideout Lyari. The raids were conducted in Liaquat Colony, Khadda Market and Moosa Lane. According to the Rangers spokesperson, five gangsters were arrested while weapons were also recovered from their possession.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 3rd, 2014.

KARACHI:
As many as 15 suspects, including members of banned outfits, were arrested during various targeted raids in different parts of the metropolis on Wednesday.

Five alleged militants were apprehended during a targeted raid at their stronghold, Gulshan-e-Buner, in Quaidabad. Sources in the police said that the raid was conducted on a tip-off about the presence of the members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

During the raid, five members of the TTP were taken into custody. Explosives and weapons were seized from them. The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for further interrogation.

Separately, the Rangers conducted targeted raids in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Khuda ki Basti and Baloch Colony. A Rangers spokesperson said that nine members of a banned outfit were apprehended during the raids. He further said that the arrested suspects were involved in various cases of terrorism in the city. Weapons were also recovered from their possession. The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for further questioning.

In another raid, an alleged target killer was arrested by the Zaman Town police. The accused was identified as Aqeel Ahmed, son of Din Muhammad. Police officials said that the he was involved in numerous cases of target killings and extortion. Police officials claim to have seized hand grenades and weapons from him.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 6th, 2014.

KARACHI: Almost a year after twin blasts in Karachi’s Ancholi area killed six people, police have arrested the accused behind the explosions, a Crime Investigation Department (CID) source told Express News on Friday.

On November 22 last year, two explosions ripped through shops and vehicles on the main road leading to Ancholi, killing six people and injuring over 50 others. The first blast took place outside a paan shop in a crowded area. Minutes later, the second blast, yards away from the first, took place outside a restaurant. Both the blasts were almost of the same intensity.

Arrested from Gulistan-e-Johar neighbourhood of the city, accused Ahmed Hasan alias Muawiya was Karachi chief of a banned outfit. During police interrogation, the confessed to killing 45 people.

According to CID, the accused said he had been behind the murders of doctors and political workers in Karachi.

Naming a few of his victims, the accused claimed he killed Dr Nasim Awan Naqvi, Dr Ameer Mehdi and Dr Hasan Qureshi.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 7th, 2014

 

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KARACHI:
The police claim to have arrested a man allegedly involved in 50 target killing cases while another five suspected criminals were arrested by the Rangers in the city on Friday.

The Anti-Violent Crime Cell (AVCC) claimed to have arrested an man allegedly wanted in several murder cases. Shakeel alias Baba, was arrested by the AVCC during a raid conducted in Sakhi Hassan. According to AVCC officials, the accused is said to have killed more than 50 people. The officials did not disclose any party affiliations and added that they seized a hand grenade and a 9mm pistol from Baba’s possession. A case was registered against him and further investigation is being carried out.

In an unrelated incident, five suspected criminals were apprehended during a targeted raid conducted by the Rangers in Lassi Goth.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 8th, 2014.

 

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KARACHI: At least 10 suspects, including members of a political party and Lyari gangs, were apprehended during targeted raids and operations by the police and Rangers on Saturday.

Four members of Lyari gangs were arrested by the Taimuria police, disclosed District Central SSP Noman Siddiqui during a press conference at his office. They were identified as Irfan, Imran, Abid Ali and Saleem. A Kalashnikov, a TT pistol and three hand grenades were reportedly seized from their possession.

SSP Siddiqui said that members of various Lyari groups had moved to different parts of the city following the law enforcement operation against them in the area. He added that the suspects were arrested after an exchange of fire when the police conducted a raid in the KBR Society on a tip-off. According to SSP Siddiqui, the suspects revealed that they had killed around 28 people, including political party workers and those who refused to pay extortion money. He said that the detained men belonged to the Wasiullah Lakho and Asif Mirza groups. Cases were registered against them.

Separately, three members of the militant wing of a political party were arrested by the Rangers during a targeted raid conducted on a tip-off in the Akal Bonga area of the Old City. A Rangers spokesperson said that the arrested men were involved in various cases of target killing and claimed that the Rangers had also confiscated a large cache of weapons from them, including light machine guns, a uni-barrel rocket launcher and hand grenades. The suspects were shifted to an undisclosed location for questioning. Meanwhile, three more suspected gang members were arrested during a raid conducted in Lyari’s Zikri Muhalla. The suspects were identified as Raheem Baloch, Aka alias Baba Lamba and Danish. According to sources, the raid was conducted by the intelligence agencies. Two of them were arrested in an injured condition, and two Kalashnikovs, two 9mm pistols and around a thousand bullets were reportedly seized from their possession. The suspects were taken to an undisclosed location.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2014.

 

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KARACHI - Malir police claimed to have gunned down seven militants, including a Karachi-based commander, in another alleged encounter on Friday while the TTP included encounter specialist SSP Rao Anwar in the top priority list of enemies.
District Malir police chief, SSP Rao Anwar, who is known as an encounter specialist, raided a hideout of the militants in Swat Colony within the limits of Quaidabad police station. The police said the militants offered a stiff resistance.
An additional police force had to be called owing to hard resistance from the militants while 500 police commandoes and personnel participated in the operation.
Following the encounter, five militants were killed and their two injured accomplices arrested while several terrorists managed to escape during the exchange of fire. The injured were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) with bullet injuries in critical condition where they died. The militants who succumbed to injuries were identified as Kamal and Shah Faisal.
SSP Rao Anwar confirmed that five militants, including a Karachi-based commander, were killed and two terrorists with bullet injuries arrested, who were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in critical condition. The bodies of the militants were shifted to morgue for postmortem.
DSP Rao Iqbal said the militants belonged to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Quaidabad SHO Amanullah Marwat said all the seven militants belonged to Shaheryar Mehsud group of Taliban. “They were involved in various incidents of terrorism and other crimes, particularly, a bomb blast at the Rangers Headquarters in North Nazimabad.
SHO Marwat claimed that one of the killed militants had been identified as Misbah who was the Karachi-based commander of his group.
It is pertinent to mention here that the district Malir police, headed by SSP Rao Anwar, has killed at least 50 militants in various alleged encounters in the last couple of months.
The militants killed in these encounters related to different groups of TTP and al-Qaeda while the encounters took place in various parts of the district, including Sohrab Goth, Quaidabad, Bin Qasim and Gulshan-e-Maymar.
Police officials believe that SSP Rao Anwar has been posted to avenge the killings of SP Chudhary Aslam Khan and Inspector Shafiq Tanoli in separate suicide bomb blasts.
TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan has categorically named SSP Rao Anwar as their next target, including his name in the list of top priority enemies. He has alleged that all the TTP operatives killed by the SSP had been arrested before the encounters.
It’s worth mentioning here that the tit-for-tat formula of Karachi police has so far remained fruitless as the militants have intensified their activities against the police, killing around 200 security personnel in the metropolis.
AFP adds: Police said Friday they had killed five Taliban militants in a gunfight in the southern port city of Karachi.
The shootout came as police raided a suspected hideout of TTP in the poor neighbourhood of Gulshan-e-Buner, senior police official Rao Anwar told AFP. “The police asked the militants to surrender, but they opened fire, after which they took the armed action,” he added.

“Five terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire while two terrorists who had been arrested with bullet injuries died in then hospital,” Anwar said, adding that a large stash of weapons was recovered from the scene.
Karachi, a city of 18 million people, which contributes 42 percent of Pakistan’s GDP, has been plagued by sectarian, ethnic and political violence for years
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All hail SSP Rao Anwar! (didn't know we had such a thing as an 'encounter specialist' lol)

 

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KARACHI: At least three criminals including two of them Lyari gang war culprits were shot dead in different parts of the city in an encounter with law enforcers, ARY News reported Thursday.

A criminal was gunned down in Gulshan-e-Buner in an encounter with Rangers personnel in wee hours of Thursday.

In another action, Rangers also launched a targeted operation in Lyari’s area Kalakot and killed a gang war criminal in an exchange of fire. The deceased culprit was identified as Irfan alias Kalu.

According to Rangers spokesman, the slain criminal was involved in target killing, extortion and abduction for ransom.

Similarly, in another encounter in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, another gang war criminal was shot dead. Police said the criminal Owais aka Teku was involved in various robberies.

Meanwhile, Rangers Special Task Force nabbed three extortionists from New Karachiarea on late Wednesday. They said the one of the arrested extortionists belonged to a religious organization and looted money was also recovered from his possession



KARACHI: A gang war accused involved in 40 murders was killed on Thursday in a police encounter on Napier Road in Karachi.

According to police sources, the encounter took place in the old city area of Napier Road in which the accused was severely injured. He succumbed to his injuries while being transported to the hospital.

The accused was identified as 25-year-old Nabeel who was wanted in connection with 40 murder cases, police claimed. He was also involved in extortion and other crimes and was the member of the Baba Ladla group of Lyari gang war.

Arms were also recovered from his possession.

Another accused Husnain was also arrested during the encounter after being injured.

 

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According to Karachi Police official sources around 600 hardened criminals and terrorists have been killed in various encounters. If we add to this the number of militants killed by the Rangers simultaneously in the Karachi Operation which has more frequent raids, arrests and encounter I'd say around 1,100 criminals/terrorists have been killed (in total, that is police + rangers) and a little less than that apprehended and arrested. Combining this with Army Operation, in this year Pakistan has cleansed its soil of some 2,300 filths. Nice

 

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KARACHI: Paramilitary Rangers in a targeted operation in Manghopir area of Karachi arrested eight members of outlawed groups, ARY News reported on Saturday.

More than 300 Rangers personnel participated in the search operation.

Eight suspected militants of a banned group were detained with weapons during the house to house search operation in Manghopir area.

An FIR has been registered at Darakhshan police station about late night firing incident in Defence area of Karachi at the house of SP CID Khurram Waris.

The case has been filed under terrorism law against unidentified culprits on the complaint of the body guard of the police officer.


KARACHI: Karachi Police said Friday that they had killed five Taliban militants in a gunfight in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Karachi on Friday.

The shootout came as police raided a suspected hideout of the Tehreek-e-TalibanPakistan (TTP) in the poor neighbourhood of Gulshan-e-Buner to the east of the city, senior police official Rao Anwar told AFP.

“Police asked the militants to surrender, but they opened fire, after which police responded,” he added.

“Five terrorists were killed in the exchange of fire,” Anwar said, adding that a large stash of weapons was recovered from the scene

 

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Good.