Robbery busted after well-dressed street criminal shot dead by security guard

KARACHI: A safety guard gunned down a suited-booted mugger in the course of an armed theft on Friday, whereas his accomplice ran off from the location with half the looted cash, police stated.

The incident occurred outdoors a financial institution on Karachi’s Shahrah-e-Faisal Street, the place the 2 robbers wearing enterprise fits and neckties held a citizen at gunpoint after he stepped out of the financial institution withdrawing over Rs500,000, in line with Tipu Sultan Police Station’s Station Home Officer (SHO) Uzma Khan.

“Because the citizen tried to withstand the holdup, the bandits began capturing their handguns, injuring a safety guard, Saleem Akhtar, who returned hearth instantly,” the police stated.

A fierce gunfight ensued between the looters and the injured safety guard that lasted for some time.

“One of many muggers was fatally wounded within the shootout, whereas the opposite escaped,” the SHO stated, including that police have been sizzling on the path of the fleer.

Apparently, each the heisters had break up the looted cash, as half of the quantity was discovered mendacity on the bottom close to the useless robber. In keeping with eyewitnesses, the bystanders collected that stash of money and handed it over to the sufferer.

Furthermore, the shootout, as per the onlookers, was so intense that it left many autos parked across the crime scene riddled with bullet holes.

The hail of gunshots exchanged between the safety guard and the robbers turned the windscreens and window panes of most of them into sheets of shattered glass throughout the road.

“The remainder of the snatched cash was nonetheless unaccounted for and was suspected to have been taken away by the accomplice of the deceased highway agent,” SHO Khan stated.

Police additionally claimed to have discovered three handguns of recent make on the robber, who succumbed to gunshot wounds.

The killed robber has been recognized as one Kamil Ahmed, a resident of Hasrat Mohani Colony. His physique was later shifted to Jinnah Hospital’s mortuary.

In keeping with police, the whole looted quantity was Rs540,000, whereas the theft sufferer recovered Rs240,000 from the crime scene, which suggests the escaper obtained away with Rs300,000.