‘Criminal’ suffers fatal heart attack under Karachi police custody

KARACHI: (HRNW)  An alleged criminal reportedly suffered a fatal heart attack on Monday in the custody of police officers at Darakhshan police station, media reported.

The police spokesperson claimed that an alleged culprit, identified as Moiz, who was wanted in multiple cases and had been evading arrest, was apprehended last night.

“The accused’s son is also in jail for criminal activities,” a police spokesperson said.

Meanwhile, the body has been transferred to the hospital for legal procedures. However, the postmortem of the deceased suspect will be conducted under the supervision of the magistrate.

DIG South took notice of the incident, and instructed SP Sadar to conduct an inquiry into the matter and submit the report within 24 hours.