The Counter-terrorism Department arrested on Saturday a target killer of Muttahida Quami Movement (L) in a raid conducted at Qasba Colony, Karachi. The target killer, Irfan alias Mama was involved in several incidents of target-killing and attempted murder, according to SSP CTD Omar Shahid. The CTD personnel also recovered a huge cache of arms from the suspects' possession.
In a joint operation carried out by Police and intelligence agencies in Kotri, arrested fourth accused involved in murder of managing director of the then Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) Shahid Hamid.
Police sources said that the arrested accused Mehboob alias Shehzada used code name Athar while carrying out target killing operations and was a close associate of Saulat Mirza. On the other hand, some unidentified persons opened fire in Defence area of Karachi and wounded a lady doctor. Apart from this, 11 suspects were arrested from various areas of the city.
The suspects were involved in target-killing, street crimes, theft and drug peddling. In a separate incident, two people including a woman were injured when unknown people opened fire on a car in Defence.