Girl-led gang of carjackers busted


KARACHI:

In our patriarchal society, ladies are stereotyped as heartbreakers, however a latest incident reveals some ladies is also badass lawbreakers.

Police claimed on Sunday that they’ve busted a gang of carjackers and avenue criminals operated by a girl by arresting its six suspected members, all younger males.

District Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqui introduced the gang’s ringleader, Anisa Kiran, is already underneath police custody.

He added the gang members’ arrests had been made by the FB Industrial Space police final week, inflicting an enormous blow to the gang’s operations.

SSP Siddiqui stated that the gang, which has 22 members, focused manufacturing facility automobiles, distribution firm cashiers, and carried out a number of robberies.

He additional disclosed that Anisa Kiran not solely led the group however was actively concerned in facilitating the crimes. Her husband, Saad, performed a key function as her confederate, recruiting younger males employed in factories as salesmen or order bookers and luring them into the world of crime with guarantees of simple cash.

The arrested suspects embody Sherdil, Abdul Rafi, Kabir, Basit, Saad, and Anisa Kiran herself. Amongst them, Basit had just lately returned from Dubai, whereas others had been working underneath the radar for over a yr earlier than their arrest. Most had been first-time arrestees.

Police have recovered a cache of stolen objects from the suspects, together with three pistols, cellphones, money, women’ purses, wallets, cameras, and laptops. The stolen items had been reportedly taken from theft victims in numerous localities of Karachi, together with Bilal Colony, Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan, Defence, Gulshan-e-Maymar, Hyderi Market, Azizabad, Mubina City, Aziz Bhatti, Quaidabad, Bin Qasim, and Shah Latif. Sherdil and Rafi had beforehand been detained by the Defence police for comparable crimes. Throughout interrogation, the suspects confessed to their involvement in dozens of robberies throughout town.