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Nazir Shah

  • Police arrest members of ‘rickshaw gang’, recover ladies handbags

    Police arrest members of ‘rickshaw gang’, recover ladies handbags

    KARACHI: Karachi police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested at least two people belonging to the notorious “Rickshaw gang” from the city’s Ferozabad area, ARY News reported.

    According to SSP Ghulam Azfar Mahesar, the two suspects were arrested after an encounter with a police party which chased them after they robbed an area resident of her valuables.

    The police officer said that one of the two suspects is the leader of the notorious Rickshaw gang which is behind at least 200 robbery incidents in the city. The law enforcement agency recovered at least 70 handbags, 50 smartphones, Rs0.3million in cash, motorbikes and a rickshaw from their custody.

    “They (the gang members) only robbed women and used cutters to cut their jewellery. The gang members, however, kept expensive and luxury handbags with them,” said the SSP.

    The police officer added that the gang only conducted robberies in posh areas of the city like PECHS, Tipu Sultan road, Clifton and Gulshan-e-Iqbal and used to dress smartly before leaving for “work”.

    “They all met in prison and probably planned to form this gang there (in prison), one of their aides was arrested about 45 days ago from Bahadurabad after a citizen shot him while resisting a robbery attempt,” said the police officer.

    AIG Karachi Ameer Shaikh lauded East Zone Police and CPLC East over their success in arresting the criminals while announcing cash prize and certificate for the police party.

  • Karachi traffic police unique action against wrong parking.

    Karachi traffic police unique action against wrong parking.

    Karachi: Sindh Traffic Police comes up with a unique strategy to stop parallel parking by taking away number plates of these violators, leaving behind fine vouchers to reattain the plates.

    Usually, the people who come to Saddar park their cars at no-parking zones that result in the congestion of traffic. The Traffic Police has been trying hard to curb this issue by lifting wrongly parked cars and taking them to the police station.

    In spite of rampant car lifting, no one still bats an eye and continue parking cars in one of the busiest streets of Karachi. There are ample people who stay in the car while their family goes shopping. They refuse to move, telling the officers that they will adjust their cars accordingly.

    In order to bring this illegal and unethical act to a complete halt, Sindh Traffic Police has come up with an unprecedented initiative by unscrewing the official number plates of these cars, leaving behind a fine challan on their windshields, guarded by the windshield wipers.

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  • Musa Gilani challaned for violating traffic rules in Karachi

    Musa Gilani challaned for violating traffic rules in Karachi

    KARACHI: Traffic police on Thursday challaned Ali Musa Gilani, the son of former prime minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani for violating traffic rules in Karachi, ARY News reported.

    As per details, Musa Gilani was served challan of rs 520, over violation of traffic rules, as he was  travelling in a vehicle, having fancy number plate and black tinted windows at city’s main road artery, Shahra-e-Faisal.

    The city’s traffic police after issuing challan to Musa, had asked him to follow the traffic rules strictly.

    It may be recalled that yesterday, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Kaleem Imam had ordered, to initiate crackdown against vehicles running with fancy number plates and open letter in the province.

    As per details, Sindh’s top cop, had ordered DIG traffic and Zonal DIGs to launch crackdown against vehicles running with fancy number plates and transfer letters across the province.

    The decision was taken in the light of Chief Minister Sindh’s orders, after revelation that the vehicle used by terrorists, to attack Chinese Consulate was owned by a person, who had sold his vehicle six years ago.

    Citizens were advised to use original number plates of their vehicles while commuting, to avoid any action against them.

    On Tuesday, Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, had ordered to launch crackdown against the use of vehicles by second or progressive owners on transfer letters in the province.

  • Girl confronts, films harasser at Quaid’s mausoleum

    Girl confronts, films harasser at Quaid’s mausoleum

    KARACHI: In what can be termed a brave move, a girl not only shamed but filmed a man for taking her pictures without consent on her visit to Quaid’s mausoleum in Karachi, ARY News reported.

    In a video posted on social media, the girl claimed that she approached a bearded man inside the park around Quaid’s mausoleum after he clicked her pictures and took away his phone.

    The girl can be seen shaming the man after she found not only her picture but some other girls’ pictures in the phone.

    “I want your family and friends to know what you are doing on the pretext of visiting Quaid’s mausoleum,” the girl can be seen saying to the man. The man, on the other hand, kept hiding his face.

    Sadly, the mausoleum’s administration took no action against the harasser who reportedly went scot-free.

    The law

    According to Pakistan’s laws, whoever intends to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any word, makes any sound or gesture, or exhibits any object, intending that such word or sound shall be heard, or that such gesture or object shall be seen, by such woman, intrudes upon the privacy of such woman or conducts sexual advances, or demands sexual favours or uses written or verbal communication or physical conduct of a sexual nature which intends to annoy, insult, intimidate or threaten the other person or commits such acts at the premises of work place, or makes submission to such conduct either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s employment, or makes submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual a basis for employment decision affecting such individual, or retaliates because of rejection of such behavior, or conducts such behavior with the intention of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to three years or fine up to five hundred thousand rupees or with both.

  • Karachi: Student ‘tortured’ by school teacher seeks justice

    Karachi: Student ‘tortured’ by school teacher seeks justice

    KARACHI: Parents of a 12-year-old student are moving from pillar to post to get “justice” for their child who they claim was brutally tortured by one of his teachers at a private school, ARY News reported.

    Shahmir, a student of grade eight in Karachi’s Aisha Bawany School, claims that on November 16, his teacher used a cane to beat him resulting in severe injuries on his hand and head but police has not even registered a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the incident.

    Shahmir’s father, who is an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), told ARY News that he had his son’s medico-legal examination done at a hospital but the school management used their influence to get the medico-legal officer (MLO) was changed.

    “The teacher told my child that he should change his statement (before police) and only say that he fell from his desk,” her mother told ARY News.

    Normally, in such cases, police demands a medico-legal report before registering FIR but Shahmir and his parents are still waiting for that to be registered.

    “The first MLO put all the facts in the medical report but then they (the school management) got it changed as their reputation is at stake,” the victim’s mother told ARY News.

    Governor Sindh takes notice

    As ARY News ran this news prominently, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail took notice of the incident and ordered police to register a FIR.

    According to a statement released from governor’s office, Governor Sindh telephoned Inspector General Sindh Syed Kaleem Imam and ordered him to submit a report.

    The governor further directed IG Sindh to get the FIR registered and initiate a transparent inquiry.

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  • Karachi: Police officer arrested for releasing ‘robber’ after accepting bribe

    Karachi: Police officer arrested for releasing ‘robber’ after accepting bribe

    KARACHI: Police in Karachi arrested a fellow police officer for releasing a robbery suspect after accepting Rs0.4million as bribe, ARY News reported on Saturday.

    According to details, former station house officer of Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan police station Rao Umair was arrested along with his aide, former head constable Riaz Ahmed, for releasing a bank robbery suspect named Waseem after accepting hefty bribe.

    Few days ago, the SHO and head constable had arrested the burglar for robbing at least more than Rs10million from an office in Naya Nazimabad area of the city but released him after accepting Rs0.4million as bribe.

    The First Information Report (FIR) registered in this regard states that the two policemen had arrested the robber red-handed and then allowed him to leave the police station after accepting bribe.

    The SHO and the head constable were suspended after senior police officials raided the police station on a tip off and recovered Rs0.2million each from both the police officers. The police officers confessed receiving money from the robbery suspect.

    Investigation also revealed that the burglar was a close relative of the head constable.

    It is pertinent to note here that back in September, an intradepartmental investigation report revealed that four senior policemen acted as facilitators of powerful smugglers bringing in goods worth millions in Karachi illegally.

    The investigation report submitted by SSP West Dr Muhammad Rizwan revealed that four police officers namely ASI Haji Shehbaz, ASI Anwer Ali, Head Constable Jamshed and Head Constable Waheed were supporting and facilitating smugglers due to their “ulterior motives”.

  • Two arrested for gang-rape of 27-year-old girl in Karachi

    Two arrested for gang-rape of 27-year-old girl in Karachi

    KARACHI: Police on Saturday arrested two suspects for allegedly raping a 27-year-old girl in Karachi’s Delhi Colony area, ARY News reported.

    According to details, the police arrested two suspects namely Qaiser and Shahzad from the city’s Delhi Colony area for repeatedly raping and providing drugs to an orphan girl. A third suspect named Taimoor is still at large.

    Police say the first suspect was arrested on the complaint of the victim’s mother who reportedly fought with him after he approached her and her daughter during a market visit.

    The victim’s mother, in her statement, said that she was on a market visit when the one of the suspects approached them and started harassing her daughter upon which they cried for help which resulted in gathering of a crowd and ultimately the police.

    The police questioned the suspect and arrested a second suspect, a rickshaw driver, on his indication.

    Initial investigation revealed that the trio befriended the girl by providing her drugs at her home in her mother’s absence. Once intoxicated, they used to take her in a rickshaw for a group sexual assault.

    Sources say, the police is investigating the suspects’ involvement in other cases of sexual assault and drug trade.

    A CCTV footage obtained from near the victim’s house revealed that on October 23, the trio took her and then left her outside her house in unconscious condition after sexual assault.

    The victim’s mother maintained that she is a widow and earns her livelihood by working as a maid in different households, adding that the suspects used to approach her daughter in her absence.

    Police is conducting raids for arrest of the third suspect.

  • Sexagenarian held for stealing more than 100 bikes in Karachi

    Sexagenarian held for stealing more than 100 bikes in Karachi

    KARACHI: Karachi police on Tuesday arrested a 60-year-old man for stealing more than 100 motorcycles from different areas of the city, ARY News reported.

    The 60-year-old was arrested by Ferozabad police and at least 22 motorcycles were recovered from his custody.

    SHO Ferozabad told ARY News that the suspect was arrested seven times before today by police in different areas of Karachi and police has all sorts of evidence against him including videos and First Information Reports (FIRs).

    The police officer maintained that the suspect used to steal motorcycles from different areas of the city including shopping hubs like Tariq Road and used to sell them at between Rs8, 000 to Rs6, 000.

    The man being dubbed the “king of motorcycle thieves” is said to have stolen and sold more than 100 motorcycles.

    The suspect worked alone.

    It is pertinent to note here that police’s Anti-Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) in July claimed to have arrested two “bike lifters” whose around two dozen family members were also involved in stealing around 2,000 motorbikes over the last several years in the metropolis.

    The ACLC as part of its campaign against the rising theft of motorbikes has arrested two suspects — Sabir Khokhar, alias Kala, and Mohammed Ashraf Khokhar, said ACLC SSP Syed Asad Raza. “This gang of bikes-lifters is known as Khokhar Group.

    Around 25 to 30 members of Khokhar Group are involved in bike-lifting and during the last 10 years the gang had stolen between 1,500 and 2,000 motorbikes, which were subsequently sold in Balochistan as they had links with criminal elements in the Khuzdar area.

  • CTD resolves three-year-old blind murder case in Karachi

    CTD resolves three-year-old blind murder case in Karachi

    KARACHI: Police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday resolved a three-year-old kidnapping murder case by arresting the prime suspect, ARY News reported.

    According to details, the CTD resolved the 2015 case of kidnapping and murder of a university student named Bilal by arresting the prime suspect Adeel from Moinabad area of the city.

    Incharge CTD Raja Umar Khattab told media that Adeel kidnapped his university fellow and neighbour Bilal from Shah Faisal Colony with the help of two of his aides for ransom but killed and burnt his corpse upon resistance.

    The officer said that Adeel then left for Dubai and had only recently returned to Karachi allowing CTD to arrest him. He added that two other suspects Noman and Danish are already in CTD’s custody.

    The suspect also confessed his involvement in the crime.

    The deceased’s parents expressed satisfaction over the arrest of the prime suspect and reminisced that Bilal went out with this university fellows but never returned upon which they approached CTD.

    Bilal’s father said that he was a media science student and wanted to join a news organization.

    The incident which occurred in the year 2015 was being termed a blind case after the prime suspect fled to Dubai and didn’t confess his crime when arrested by Rangers upon return to Karachi.

  • Police arrest street criminals after ATM robbery video goes viral

    Police arrest street criminals after ATM robbery video goes viral

    KARACHI: Karachi police on Monday night claimed to have arrested two street criminals days after their video of robbing a citizen inside an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) went viral on social media, ARY News reported.

    According to SSP Central Rao Arif, the police arrested two street criminals in injured condition from within the precincts of Ajmer Nagri police station.

    The police officer said that the two street criminals were stopped by a police party for snap checking when they opened fire upon the law enforcement agency personnel and tried to flee the scene but police chased the duo and arrested them in injured condition.

    As they were identified after being taken into custody, it emerged that they were involved in robbing a citizen of his hard earned money inside an ATM machine in North Karachi.

    The CCTV footage of the incident went viral on social media with people calling for their arrest.

    IG Sindh Kaleem Imam, in a message, lauded the SSP Central and his team for arresting the street criminals.

    It is pertinent to note here that a video of an ATM robbery went viral on social media this week. The video shows two criminals entering an ATM in North Karachi and robbing a person by forcing him to draw money through his ATM card.

    The victim reportedly claimed that he was about to draw his salary from the ATM when the two criminals robbed him of this hard earned money.