Five suspects wounded, arrested in three 'encounters'.

KARACHI -- Five suspected criminals were wounded in three alleged encounters in different areas of the city on Thursday.

Three suspects were wounded in what was described as an encounter with the AVLC police on Suparco Road near Edhi graveyard on the outskirts of the metropolis.

According to the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC), its team was engaged in an encounter during which the three suspects -- Mohammed Waqar, 28, Mohammed Jehangir, 35, and Mohammed Zubair, 30, -- were wounded and arrested.

Three TT pistols and two motorbikes were seized from them, it said, adding that the suspects were taken to the Civil Hospital for treatment.

Another alleged encounter took place within the jurisdiction of the Aziz Bhatti police station in Gulshan-i-Iqbal.

The police claimed that one suspect was wounded and another one escaped during an encounter with them near Nazarat.

They identified the wounded suspect as Mohammed Ehsan, who was arrested and taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for treatment. A TT pistol was seized from him, they said, adding that his companion, Saddam, managed to escape.

East-SSP Syed Abdul Rahim Sherazi said Ehsan had on June 11 shot at and wounded a citizen, Imran Raza, when the latter offered resistance to the suspects' robbery attempt in the New Town area. The police officer said the suspects could be seen in the CCTV footage of the violent robbery attempt. He said the Aziz Bhatti police on Thursday signaled the...