CTD arrests ‘wanted’ shooter of Lyari gang war

KARACHI: Officials of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a wanted shooter belonging to the Lyari gang war.

Acting on a tip-off about the presence of Mairaj alias Chotu, the CTD started a search operation in the city and arrested him.

According to the police officials, the suspect admitted to his crimes, including extortion. 

Mairaj had killed constable Farooq Imran in 2019, said the CTD officials and added that the suspect was also a relative of Karachi’s notorious criminal Abdul Rehman Baloch, better known as Rehman Dakait, and the nephew of shooters, Sajid and Wajid.

“Mairaj has also killed milkman Abid alias Qabristan and Kallu Ghaas Wala. The cases registered against him had revealed that he opened fire at his opponents before setting their houses on fire,” said the CTD.

On October 23, at least nine suspected militants were killed during an exchange of fire with the CTD personnel in the Mastung area of Balochistan. The CTD personnel had conducted an operation in the mountainous Splanji area of Mastung, based on an intelligence report about the presence of suspected militants of banned outfits.