Notorious criminals managed to evade arrest during an early morning shootout on Friday with the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Defense Houseing Authority.
Incharge CTD Sindh Raja Umer Khattab revealed that the CTD team was involved in a covert operation, responding to reports of 8 to 10 individuals engaged in short-term kidnappings in DHA Phase-VIII.
Upon receiving the information, a black Revo vehicle, including gang leader Saad Imran, was pursued. Three additional suspects were spotted on two motorcycles accompanying the Revo car.
Khattab explained that the suspects in the vehicle approached Khayaban-e-Shahbaz. When CTD personnel attempted to overtake them, the suspects rammed into a police mobile and CTD's private vehicle, firing shots as they escaped towards Defence Phase 8.
He further stated that the motorcycle-borne suspects abandoned their motorcycles during the escape, which were seized, and efforts to apprehend the fleeing accused were currently under way.