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Suspect shot dead in `encounter`

By Our Staff Reporter 2017-03-03
KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in an `encounter` in the Ferozabad area on Thursday evening, according to police.

As Safdar Javed, an advocate, asked a rickshaw driver to stop near Allahwali Chowrangi, three suspects riding a motorcycle snatched cash and mobile phone from him, said Ferozabad SHO, Kansan Dean.

As they were fleeing, the robbery victim raised hue and cry, attracting attention of a nearby police patrol.

The suspects resorted to firing on the police and in an ensuing `encounter`, one suspect was arrested in an injured condition while his two accomplices managed to escape.

The injured suspect was taken to the JPMC where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.

The deceased was later identified as Khawar Aziz, 25, resident of Mehmoodabad. The police claimed to have seized a pistol from him.