Robber wanted for murders killed in encounter

A robber who had allegedly killed a woman and two men during muggings was shot dead in an encounter in the city’s Surjani Town area, police said on Monday.
Surjani police SHO Aqeel Ahmed said a team on snap checking signalled a motorcyclist to stop near Zero Point, Northern Bypass but the suspect accelerated and shot at the police. The cops retaliated and wounded the motorcyclist, he said. The man fell off the bike and was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment, SHO Ahmed said, adding that the suspect died of excessive bleeding before reaching the hospital.
The deceased was identified as Hassan Shah alias Munna, and he was wanted by the Surjani Town police in murder cases of a woman and two men during robberies, he said.
Sharing further details, SHO Ahmed said the suspect along with his wife, Yasmeen, who was earlier arrested by the Orangi Town police on October 24, had killed Muhammad Shahid for resisting a mugging attempt. They were nominated in FIR no 302/17 registered under section 302, 34 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on complaint of the victim’s heirs.
The deceased was also accused of killing a pregnant woman, namely Shabana, in Surjani Town during a robbery bid, he said, adding that the suspect was nominated in FIR no. 447/17 registered under section 302, 392 of PPC on complaint of the victim’s in-laws.
On Muharram 3 this year, he said, the suspect and his wife shot dead a man, Nadeem Raza Solangi, who tried to resist their bid to deprive him of his mobile phone. They were also nominated in FIR no. 448 registered under section 302, 34 of PPC on complaint of the victim’s relatives, he added.
SHO Ahmed said Shah’s wife had also been produced before a trial court which remanded her to the central jail. A weapon and a motorbike were also seized.