13 members of the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) security staff have been investigated for alleged rioting, kidnapping and injuring villagers, wherein more than a dozen suspects, including guards, have been detained by the Gadap Town police. It was reported that the police carried out a raid in BTK and took 13 suspects into custody who were allegedly involved in torturing residents of Malir. Among the detained persons were guards who resorted to firing and beat up and injured the villagers on the outskirts of Karachi near Kathore on Friday afternoon. The guards had allegedly taken away the injured villager and 3-4 other locals with them, Hafeez said. Villagers had been protesting against the BTK personnel and demanding that the injured person be handed over to them and that a first information report (FIR) be lodged against the BTK guards.

Source: Pakistan Today May 09, 2021 16:07 UTC