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Karachi cop shoots robber dead despite surrender

News Desk

Dec 18

 

A police officer in Karachi has shot dead a robber despite the latter surrendering to him, a viral CCTV video has revealed.

 

As per the details, the video being shared over the internet showed an encounter between two cops and a street criminal in the Parda Park are of the port city.

 

According to Geo News, the video was recorded Tuesday when two police officers chased a robber on a motorcycle. As they inched closer to nabbing him, the robber threw his pistol away and got off the bike. He then raised both his hands, surrendering to the cops.

 

The video then showed the cops parking their motorcycle as at least one of them opens fire at the robber.

The video also showed a large number of people gathering at the site of the incident after hearing the gunshots.

 

Police, in an official statement, said that multiple robbery cases were registered against the deceased, namely Munir, at various police stations across the city. However, they said, an investigation was being conducted into the firing incident that led to Munir’s death.

 

Notably, a report released by the City Police Liaison Committee indicated that in the first six months of 2024 alone, 10,304 mobile phones were stolen, and 135 vehicles were snatched at gunpoint.

 

Moreover, 4,639 motorcycles were stolen during the same period.

 

Incidents of police harassment and brutality are increasingly becoming common as previously in September, Dr Shahnawaz Kunbhar from Umerkot in Sindh was fatally shot by police in an alleged extra-judicial killing in Mirpurkhas, a day after he was arrested on allegations of blasphemy.

 

The body was handed over to the family but an angry extremist mob followed them and eventually burnt the body. 

 

In the days that followed the investigation revealed that the slain doctor was killed in a fake encounter, and 45 suspects were made part of the FIR as the news was highlighted by civil society and media groups, putting pressure on the government to solve the case.

 

The suspects nominated in the FIR include top police officials and a cleric.

 

It was suggested in the inquiry report presented by Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar that the family must register an FIR against the suspects.

 

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