Police have arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the shooting death of a young doctor during a robbery near Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton area, South Deputy Inspector General Asad Raza said on Wednesday.
In a press conference, the police official said that the suspects were arrested in the jurisdiction of the Defense police station.
The 28-year-old doctor was killed during a robbery 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 obtained details of the incident within 24 hours and completed the arrests over the next 36 hours.
The South DIG said the suspects were already present when Dr Akash reached the bank. He said one of the accused allegedly conducted reconnaissance before the robbery and passed information to his accomplices.
He noted that police collected and reviewed more than 100 CCTV recordings during the investigation. He said the suspects used two motorcycles and a car during the crime.
The DIG South added that the police had also recovered some of the money stolen from the suspects.
Speaking separately in Geographic news Speaking on “PakGazette 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’s murder case.
Speaking on the Safe City project, Odho said the first phase of the project had been successfully completed, with around 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 terror incidents last year, compared to just seven so far this year.
Odho also said that crime had decreased in the Defense area of Karachi after the installation of CCTV cameras.
He said street crime in Sindh had reduced by 11.8% during the first six months of the year.
