Chips vendor dies in crossfire
Two policemen tortured, held hostage by people released on assurance of inquiry
KARACHI:
A roadside chips vendor was killed in crossfire between policemen and drug peddlers in the Rizvia Society area of Nazimabad on Saturday.
Though the drug pushers managed to escape, the local shopkeepers, vendors and street hawkers overpowered the two policemen who had engaged the suspects in exchange of fire on a busy street.
People tortured the policemen and held them hostage for hours, demanding registration of murder case against them and compensation for the heirs of the deceased. The protestors also burnt tires on the main Nazimabad Road causing a traffic jam.
Four arrested for harassing, blackmailing woman in Karachi
Suspects named in voice note by victim who committed suicide
KARACHI:
The police arrested on Friday four persons accused of harassing and blackmailing a woman, who had committed suicide in Karachi s Shadman Town a day earlier.
Upon investigations the police discovered that the woman, S had sent an audio message to a friend in distress. She had named four people and accused them of having made a compromising video of her and that they were using the video to blackmail and threaten her.
According to Central SSP Ghulam Murtaza Tabassum, the prime suspect, identified as Waqas, recorded the video and shared it among his friends Farhan and Shahid. The former, who police sources said is a cop, uploaded the video on social media. Waqas is further accused of forcefully marrying S. However, the police suspect that the marriage certificate is fake. A woman, allegedly associated with Waqas, was also arrested. All four of the appreh
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