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‘Robber’ injured in March 23 encounter dies

By Our Correspondent
April 01, 2021

A suspected robber who was wounded during an exchange of fire with police on March 23 died during treatment at a hospital in Karachi on Wednesday.

According to the New Karachi Industrial Area police, the encounter took place on the road leading towards New Karachi from Gulshan-e-Maymar when two robbers were depriving citizens of their mobile phones and cash. One of the robbers, Nadeem alias Saleem, a resident of Yaro Goth, had been injured in the shootout.