KARACHI: Sindh Rangers detained two scammers posing as Rangers officers and five other suspected criminals in various raids carried out in different parts of the metropolis.
Planned operations were conducted on the collected intelligence and tips that helped divulge the whereabouts of a scam Major and an inspector who used counterfeit identities to demand extortion money from the business community in Liaquatabad. In other intelligence based operations, Sindh Rangers arrested two wanted suspects allegedly involved in gang wars and target killings. Rangers also claimed that during these raids, they nabbed a suspected Muttahida Qaumi Movement -London (MQM-L) sharp shooter they had been previously searching for.
According to Rangers spokesperson, these raids were conducted on intelligence collected by South to City Division of Rangers. The Rangers spokesperson alleged that Qasim Ali alias Kashif Baba of MQM-London’s militant wing had been apprehended during the intelligence based raids. “We have begun interrogating Qasim,” added the Rangers spokesman.
Published in Daily Times, August 28th 2018.
