Two CID officials, informer injured in encounter

KARACHI: Two Crime Investigation Department (CID) police officials and an informer were injured in their bid to foil an attempt to flare up sectarian violence at the advent of Ramazan, here on Thursday. CID team, on a tip off, set up a picket near Ayesha Manzil to arrest alleged suspects who intended to kill of one of the prominent Shia figures of city. Official said that CID team signaled a while coloured vehicle to stop but its armed passengers opened fire, leaving two CID personnel and an informer injured. Thereafter, the culprits managed to flee from the scene. The injured CID personnel included Ubaid Rizvi and Wahid Dino. Sources said that all three injured were admitted in the hospital in critical condition. staff report

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