At least three notorious criminals including two target killers were said to be arrested in separate raids at various parts of the metropolis here on Monday. According to SP Mazhar Mashwani, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) on a tip-off conducted raid at Regal Area, Saddar and arrested two suspects namely Faheem and Shakeel with weapons.
He said the accused persons during initial course of investigation confessed to have murdered three persons including two persons at Kalakot police remits and rest of the other at Kharadar area over the refusal of paying extortion to them. Mashwani said these detained persons, who were reportedly involved in several heinous crimes, including extortion, targeted killings, kidnapping, etc, belonged to one of the Lyari gangster groups.
Meanwhile, Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) and Bahadurabad police in a joint raid claimed to have arrested an extortionist namely Allah Datta from Gizri Defence area. Official sources said the detained person collected around Rs 10 million extortion from a trader namely Muhammad Yousuf on December 20, 2011 and the case (322/11) in this regard was also registered. They said the victim Yousuf had also lodged complaint in CPLC in this connection. Reacting on the said complaint, the CPLC and Bahadurabad police in a joint operation conducted raid at Gizri Area and arrested the accused Allah Datta while his other accomplice namely Idress alias Momin managed to flee from the scene.
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