Law enforcement agencies arrested five suspected gangsters affiliated with Uzair Baloch gang in a raid at Lyari area of the metropolis. The arrested men are said to be involved in kidnapping, robbery and extortion cases.
Three of the nabbed suspects have been identified as Mazeb Baloch, Gul Khan and Abdullah Laasi. They were operating drug and gambling dens in old Sabzi Mandi area of Karachi, officials said.
Laasi is also accused of killing a political party’s sector in-charge in PIB Colony.
Moreover, unidentified armed men opened fire at a PPP worker Imran’s house located in Sukhan area of Karachi. No casualties were reported in the shooting incident.
Area police found four bullet shells from the firing scene.