Police have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of a young doctor during a robbery near Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton area, South Deputy Inspector General Asad Raza said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference, the police official said the suspects were arrested from the jurisdiction of the Defense Police Station.
The 28-year-old doctor was killed during a robbery encounter outside a private bank near Teen Talwar in Karachi on Monday.
DIG Raza said the three suspects arrived on two motorcycles to carry out the robbery, adding that the police gathered details of the incident within 24 hours and completed the arrests in the following 36 hours.
South DIG said the suspects were already present when Dr. Akash reached the bank. He said one of the accused allegedly did reconnaissance before the robbery and passed on information to his accomplices.
He noted that police collected and reviewed more than 100 CCTV footage during the investigation. He said the suspects used two motorcycles and a car during the crime.
DIG South added that the police had also recovered some of the stolen cash from the suspects.
Separate speech on Pakinomist news Program “Pakinomist Pakistan”, Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Alam Odho said two more suspects had been identified and would be arrested soon.
The IGP said CCTV footage had played a key role in the investigation of Dr. Akash murder case.
Speaking on the Safe City project, Odho said the first phase of the project had been successfully completed, with about 1,150 cameras installed, while the second phase was about 90% complete.
Highlighting what he called the “improvements” in the security situation, Odho said Karachi recorded 37 terrorist incidents last year, compared to just seven so far this year.
Odho also said that crime had decreased in Karachi’s defense area after the installation of CCTV cameras.
He said street crime in Sindh had dropped by 11.8% during the first six months of the year.
