Police share details of Karachi encounter as house owner terms it ‘fake’

KARACHI: (HRNW) Serious questions have been raised over the police encounter in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area of the city early on Friday that saw the killing of five dacoits as the owner of the house where it happened had termed it a fake encounter despite police claims of killing them in a gunfight.

The police while sharing the entire episode of the encounter at a house in DHA said that the cops intercepted a suspicious vehicle and followed the criminals after they tried to flee away.

“The criminals entered a house by climbing over the boundary wall and the police followed them there,” they said adding that an encounter ensued between the two sides at the place, resulting in injuries to five dacoits.

“They succumbed to the injuries while being shifted to the hospital,” the police said adding that the victims were identified as Abbas, Mustafa, Abid and Riaz while the identity of the fifth man is yet to be known.

 

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