Karachi police claim to have shot dead three ‘kidnappers’ in encounter
June 28, 2022 11:56 AM
Police in Karachi area claimed to have shot dead three kidnappers in an encounter in Steel Town area of the city early Tuesday morning, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
SSP Amjad Hayyat said those killed belonged to an inter-provincial gang who would kidnap people for ransom. “They were also wanted by police in Multan and Khanewal in Punjab in connection with the same crime,” he explained.
He also claimed to have recovered a car which the slain men had snatched from a citizen in Baloch Colony during their attempt to kidnap him.
The SSP informed that the suspects had kidnapped yet another person recently named Adnan and demanded ransom from his family.
“The dead had been identified as Shehbaz, Nazir and Mansoor,” he disclosed.
Reporter: Saud bin Murtaza