Eight nabbed, 3 hostages recovered in ongoing Lyari operation

KARACHI: Rangers have secured the release of 3 hostages and held 8 suspects during the operation being executed in various areas of Lyari where 4 people have also sustained injuries in firing.

According to sources, as many as 1000 Rangers' personnel are taking part in the operation flanked by over a dozen Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC). Twenty-two entry and exit points to Lyari have been sealed by Rangers personnel.

Eight people have been arrested during the operation which was launched in the wake of the kidnapping of two Rangers intelligence personnel identified as Munir Baloch and Aijaz Ahmed followed by their murder. Their tortured bodies were recovered earlier today.

Protests were also witnessed in several areas of the locality against the operation still underway in Moosa Lane, Phool Patti Lane, Baghdadi, Dubai Chowk, Cheel Chowk, Lee Market, and Ath Chowk against criminals and gangsters of Lyari.

During the operation, three hostages were recovered while four people were injured in separate incidents of firing in various parts of Lyari. The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital.