KARACHI: Within the newest case of avenue crime within the metropolis, robbers opened fireplace at a person when he refused to allow them to snatch his bike in Sarjani Sector 36 space, police advised Geo Information.
The sufferer, Faisal, was injured after being shot throughout resistance towards the avenue criminals, stated the police. His brother, too, was together with him, it added.
After being shot, the sufferer was taken to the hospital the place he breathed his final through the remedy.
Talking to journalists outdoors the mortuary, the sufferer’s brother stated that he and Faisal have been robbed of their belonging, together with their salaries, on gunpoint by two gunmen on bike.
The criminals opened fireplace and fled after the sufferer resisted with them, he stated.
“We work in a manufacturing facility and have been going house after receiving the wage. They [robbers] advised my brother handy over his bike however he refused,” stated Faisal’s brother.
The sufferer’s father, Shabbir, lamented that the legal snatched Rs80,000 from each the brothers.
“Theft incidents are a every day routine within the space, stated the daddy.
Avenue crimes in Karachi are rampant with greater than 50,000 incidents documented by the Residents-Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) between January and August this 12 months.
It ought to be famous that the aforementioned quantity solely displays reported instances, however there could also be numerous different incident which have gone unreported.
The determine reveals that on a median, 208 legal instances are reported each day within the metropolis, with the snatching and stealing of cell phones, automobiles and motorbikes being the commonest.
Not solely have folks been disadvantaged of their useful possessions in these instances however some 100 folks have additionally misplaced their lives by the hands of the road criminals accountable. Almost 500 others have additionally been wounded because of the gunshots fired by the robbers.