KARACHI: Another police encounter proved ‘fake’ as the claims of police of killing a street criminal in Korangi’s Mehran Town proved false.
According to details, police in Karachi’s Korangi claimed to have killed a dacoit during a confrontation in Mehran Town which later proved false.
Sources said that no criminal record nor weapons were recovered from the custody of the dead and later he was identified as a law-abiding citizen, not a dacoit. Sources said that the body of the deceased was not shifted to the hospital.
Later, on the directions of the higher officials of police, four members of the anti-street cell involved in the fake encounter were arrested.
Meanwhile, a large number of residents of Mehran Town had gathered outside the Korangi Industrial Area police station, however, the officials closed the doors of the police station.
