Police arrest two, confiscate weapons

Karachi: Police arrested two suspected warlords of the Lyari gang and recovered a large quantity of drugs and weapons whereas sporadic shooting in different parts of the city continued taking four lives, police sources said.

Senior police officer Amir Farooqi said that Amir Ali also known as Pura and Akbar Ali also known as Lachu were arrested during a police raid in Pak Colony when the police arrived there following a tip-off.

Two Kalashnikov weapons were also recovered from the gangsters.

The officer said that the pair were wanted for questioning over many murders and target killings in the city as well as for the trade of illicit drugs in the area.

One of the brothers of Akbar Ali was killed in a recent operation conducted by police in the area.

The police undertook an eight-day long clean-up operation in Lyari which took the lives of 36 people including six police officials.

Lives lost

Elsewhere, four people were gunned down and four others were injured yesterday morning.

The police found a body in the Sohrab Goth area and another body was found in Gazi Town in the Malir district, lying near the grounds of a farm.

Both bodies had injuries which suggested they had been tortured before being shot.

Karachi, the largest city of Pakistan and the nation's financial hub, has been one of the most volatile cities in the region as it houses the largest slums of its 1.8 million population.