40 shops looted in month’s second mass robbery

In yet another mass market robbery in the city this year, a total of 40 shops were looted after Wednesday midnight. 

The robbery was reported at Jami Centre, located on MA Jinnah Road, and police said the suspects had broken in at around 2am after holding the market watchman hostage.

The suspects then proceeded to break the locks on shutters of 40 shops and, according to reports, took away cash and goods worth around Rs4 million.

Earlier this month, on October 10, a total of 12 shops inside Empress Market were robbed and cash and valuable worth around Rs100,000 were taken away. 

Prior to that, on September 24, 15 shops were robbed at Urdu Bazaar on MA Jinnah Road, while on September 9, a total of 22 shops were robbed at Tibet Centre with the robbers making away with around Rs600,000.  

Of the cases, progress was made in this month’s first heist as on October 14, the District South police claimed to have arrested four men suspected of  involvement in the Empress Market robbery, following a shootout at the Electronics Market in Saddar. Two of the suspected robbers were injured in the exchange of fire.

The robbers injured in the encounter were identified as Naimatullah and Bahauddin and the other two as Wali Mohammad and Dilawar. The police found four pistols and gadgets used for robbery on them.