KARACHI: Around 160 suspects have been shot dead during encounters in different districts of Sindh from March to July according to Sindh police statistics released on Sunday.
The assistant Inspector General of Police (operations) Arif Aslam Rao released the statistics to the media which showed that a total of 732 encounters took place in various districts of Sindh in the past five months in which at least 160 suspects were killed.
The police spokesperson clarified that these encounters were led by different police stations of different districts, including Karachi. He added that the suspects killed by the police’s special units, such as the Counterterrorism Department (CTD), were not included in the released list.
Among the killed suspects, 52 were alleged terrorists, 103 were allegedly involved in robberies and other crimes, and five were alleged kidnappers. The police also claimed to have busted 225 criminal gangs through encounters, raids and other actions during the same period.
According to the police report, the police also seized 23 suicide jackets, 120 hand grenades, 12 rocket launchers, 102 kg of explosive materials, one anti-aircraft gun, six LMGs/G-3, 366 shot guns/repeaters, 103 MP-5/rifles, 2,681 pistols/revolvers, and 17,983 bullets from the custody of terrorists, robbers and kidnappers.
Meanwhile, Sindh Inspector General A D Khowaja, while taking a comparative analysis of the police statistics about the crimes, directed the police officers to enhance targeted actions and intelligence-based operations against the absconders and other suspects at large who were involved in heinous crimes.
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