KARACHI: A dacoit was tortured to death by an angry mob while his accomplice also got serious wounds.

Police officials tried to shift arrested dacoits to police station but angry mob stormed vehicle and lynched dacoit inside police van.

Incident took place in Korangi where two suspected dacoits opened fire at citizen for resisting robbery. Citizens managed to capture both dacoits and subjected them to torture.

One of dacoits was tortured to death while his accomplice got injured.

According to police, armed dacoits were looting citizens near Korangi 1.5 Number.

Upon facing resistance, dacoits opened fire at citizen namely Faizan who sustained serious injuries.  Citizen was shifted to private hospital in critical condition.

After firing incident, locals surrounded dacoits and captured them. Dacoits were subjected to torture before police team rushed to scene.

Korangi Police said that they also recovered arms from possession of killed dacoit who was identified as Irfan and his injured accomplice was identified as Rashid.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 21 2022

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