KARACHI: Sindh Rangers detained two scammers posing as Rangers officers and five ot
her suspected criminals in various raids carried out in different parts of the metropolis.
Planned op
erations 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 op
erations, Sindh Rangers arrested two wanted suspects alle
gedly inv
olved 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 o
n 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 begu
n interrogating Qasim,” added the Rangers spokesman.
Published in Daily Times, August 28th 2018.