Four citizens shot as robbers strike without fear of the law

The wave of street crimes witnessed in Karachi during Ramazan continued on Friday as four people were shot and injured in separate mugging incidents reported across the metropolis.

The first report came from Hazara Goth in Baldia Town where a 25-year-old man was shot and injured after a robbery bid. As per Baldia SP Asif Razzak, the injured man – identified as Nawab Khan, son of Tooti Khan – was held up by three robbers in the Hazara Goth area.

He said Nawab resisted the robbers’ demands for his phone and cash, upon which the criminals shot at him from close range. The citizen suffered a bullet wound to the arm and was later hospitalised for treatment.

The SP claimed that a patrolling team of the Madina Colony police happened to be in the area at the time of the shooting and responded immediately. He said the law enforcers had managed to arrest one of the muggers, while his two accomplices fled the scene. 

In the day’s second robbery incident, two men were shot and injured by robbers near the Murghi Khana bus stop in Quaidabad, the same place where muggers had shot and injured a youth a day earlier.

Shah Latif police officials identified the injured citizens as Nadeem and Mazhar, and said they had tried to defy the muggers’ demand to hand over their valuables.

Both men were shot in their backs and were rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for treatment. Later in the day, doctors at JPMC said both men were out of danger. 

The bus stop in Quaidabad was where 25-year-old Shahrukh was shot in the leg on Thursday when he refused to hand over his cell phone and cash. 

Friday’s third mugging incident was reported in Block D of North Nazimabad where a 30-year-old man was shot and injured by robbers near the TTC Training Centre. 

North Nazimabad SHO Khalid Rafique confirmed that Sheharyar, son of Naseem, was shot for resisting a mobile snatching bid. The victim, though, had been taken for treatment and doctors had said he was out of any imminent danger.