People apprehend two robbers in Korangi

KARACHI: Two robbers were apprehended by the area people, one of them injured in bullet fire by his accomplice, during robbery bid in Korangi N Area in the limits of Awami Colony police station here on Friday, police said.

Sub Inspector Awami Colony police station Yousuf Narejo said that four robbers barged into the house number N-664 of one Mohammad Saleem and started looting. The inmates of house offered resistance on which one of the robbers opened fire on them but the bullet hit his accomplice. In the meantime the house-owner and the area people overpowered both the criminals identified as Arif s/o Munna Khan and Noman s/o Mohammad Ibrahim while their two other accomplices managed to escape.

The area people also thrashed the held robbers however police saved their life and shifted them to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center where, according to Sub Inspector, they have been admitted. He said the accused Arif received a single bullet on his chest. He said the police have recovered two TT pistols from their possession.

Few days back the area people of the Bhittai Colony Korangi Town also overpowered two robbers in which a young man was shot injured when he offered resistance.