Youth killed, his brother injured for resisting robbery in Karachi

Another young man lost his life, while his brother sustained wounds for resisting robbery near Johar Chowrangi in Karachi, police said on Thursday.

According to the police, the young men, while riding a car, tried to escape the dacoits, who asked them to stop near Johar Chowrangi.

The robbers opened indiscriminate fire on the vehicle.  As a result, 25-year-old Murtaza got injured after being hit in the back.

His brother tried to rush him to the hospital in the car, but due to high speed, the vehicle went out of control and overturned.

Although the injured brothers were transferred to the hospital by the locals, but Murtaza could not survive and breathed his last at the hospital. 

The police stated that a case has been registered against unknown robbers in the light of the injured youth's statement.

CCTV footage from the vicinity of the incident is being collected for the arrest of the culprits.

According to reports, as many as 125 people have lost their lives resisting robberies in Karachi in 2023 so far.  Apart from the significant increase in the violent aspect of street crimes, another important thing was the increase in the number of gangs involved in robberies.

Sources said that few years ago, the number of criminal groups involved in street crimes was around 25-30 but it had now increased up to 50-60 groups.

They said that among the different types of street crimes, mobile snatching and lifting of motorbikes was on the rise and there was no let-up in them.

Police authorities claimed curbing kidnapping for ransom, targeted killings, extortion and terrorism but street crimes had tended to increase.