Saturday, April 26, 2014
KARACHI (BNA) Police and Rangers in a combined operation on Saturday killed Qari Naushad, an allegedly key member of outlawed group Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, and arrested three others from Karachi’s Lyari Town, DawnNews reported.
The combined operation conducted by police and Rangers personnel was carried out following a tip-off.
During the encounter, an exchange of fire took place between the suspects and security personnel which resulted in the killing of Naushad.
Rangers personnel said that two light machine guns (LMG)s, five sub-machine gun (SMG), two repeaters, six rocket launchers and 186 bullets locally called as awan bombs were recovered from the suspect’s possession.
The suspect was wanted for crimes of a heinous nature, including murder.
