Karachi: Robbers shot dead by cops turn out innocent

KARACHI: A lofty claim laid by the police they killed two armed robbers in an encounter here proved a pack of lies after both the 'shot-dead' young men turned out to be innocent citizens out on their business, Geo News reported.

Reportedly, the police first took credit for shooting and killing a couple of armed dacoits in North Nazimabad Block-I area, but later their identification as unarmed citizens forced them to take a U-turn.

Police, having no other choice to save their uniforms, said the deceased were butchers on their way to recover the (pending) payments for animals they slaughtered on Eid-ul-Azha. They added that unknown gunmen killed them both most probably during a holdup as they may have been carrying lot of cash.

“It was a misunderstanding as we had found weapons lying next to the dead bodies of the two men”, the police said.

Both the victims have been identified as Adnan and Naeem. The cadavers were shifted to Abbassi Shaheed Hospital for medicolegal formalities.

Police have registered a case against unknown assailants on the complaint of a friend of the deceased. Both the men were residents of New Karachi.

It is pertinent to mention that the outraged relatives and locals vandalized the police station in protest. To give their rage a full vent, they set the patrolling vehicles on fire and left no piece of furniture intact. Cops also incurred their wrath when they tried to bring the situation under control.