Karachi operation: 2 Lyari gang members killed, 100 other suspects arrested

KARACHI: Two members of a Lyari gang were killed while around 100 other suspected criminals were rounded up from different areas of Karachi in the ongoing targeted operations, Express News reported on Sunday. Weapons and illegal drugs were also seized during these raids which were conducted jointly by Rangers and police officers. In Lyari, security officers cordoned off the area and started a targeted operation when they were attacked by criminals hiding in nearby houses. Police retaliated and as a result two of the attackers were killed. Targeted operation The Rangers-led cleanup operation started in Karachi after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the metropolitan and devised a strategy to curb violence. With the provincial government on board, the prime minister gave a go-ahead to Rangers to conduct raids and arrest criminals. The targeted operation began on September 7 and since then hundreds of suspects have been arrested. The Rangers are leading the operation which, they claim, is being conducted across the city – not just in the political strongholds of one party.