Category: Crime

Police have arrested two serial child rapists accused of sexually assaulting more than 100 children in Karachi, media reports have stated. 

According to reports, East Investigation Police arrested the suspects from Mehmoodabad within the jurisdiction of Tipu Sultan Police Station, acting on intelligence information.

Officers identified the main suspect as Imran while his accomplice is named Waqas Khan.

According to SP Investigation Usman Sadozai, investigators made the arrests after a child identified the suspects during a targeted operation by a special investigation team.

Imran runs a puncture repair stall in the Mehmoodabad area and lives in Manzoor Colony.

Police revealed that between 2020 and 2025, seven cases of child sexual abuse reached police stations across four districts of Karachi including Malir, Korangi, East and South.

DNA analysis confirmed that the same person committed all the crimes, which raised a alarm among investigators. All victims were boys aged between 12 and 13 years, while in one case more than one person assaulted the child.

SP Sadozai said that Imran has confessed to sexually assaulting dozens of children over the past six years.

He reportedly lured victims by offering motorcycle rides and then took them to deserted areas near the Malir Nadi, where he committed the assaults.

In all seven registered cases, the accused’s DNA matched the forensic evidence. In three cases, the victims positively identified Imran, while in one case the child identified both Imran and his accomplice Waqas Khan.

Police said that in one incident, the suspects attempted to take a child to Surjani Town but fled after the victim raised an alarm.

Police officials said that Additional Inspector General Karachi Azad Khan formed a special investigation team on January 6 under the supervision of DIG CIA Muqaddas Haider. The team, led by East Investigation, arrested the suspects within 11 days.

Further investigations are going on.

A 17-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang-raped in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar area on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said the victim was brought to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where a medical examination confirmed that she had been subjected to sexual violence. She added that all required samples had been collected for serology, DNA profiling, and cross-matching.

Police officials claimed they took prompt action after the incident and arrested one suspect, while efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining accused who have escaped.

In an interview with a private media outlet, the victim said she works as a domestic help and alleged that some influential men abducted her and took her to an unknown location, where they subjected her to sexual and physical assault.

She further alleged that when she and her family went to the police station to lodge a complaint, the Station House Officer (SHO) refused to register the First Information Report (FIR).

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Javed Alam Odho took notice of the incident and ordered the suspension and demotion of the area SHO for delaying the registration of the case, according to a police spokesperson.

The IGP also sought a report from the West SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) and directed him to submit a detailed inquiry into the alleged delay by police officials.

Later, a case was registered at the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station on the complaint of the victim’s brother.

A boy who had sustained critical injuries after an alleged assault by a madrassa teacher in Karachi’s Aziz Brohi Goth locality of Manghopir has died, police said on Monday. The incident took place on November 30 last year.

Police initially registered a case related to the injuries and took the suspect teacher into custody. He was later released on bail. After the child’s death, police have said that the FIR (First Information Report) would be revised to include murder and other relevant legal sections.

Manghopir SHO (Station House Officer) Khushnawaz said the incident occurred on November 30, when six-year-old Hassan was allegedly assaulted by his madrassa teacher Qari Allah Bachayo. A case was lodged on the complaint of the child’s family, after which the Qari was arrested but subsequently secured bail.

The child remained hospitalised after the incident and was undergoing treatment at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where he died on Sunday. The SHO said Section 302 (murder), along with other applicable sections, would be incorporated into the FIR and that efforts were underway to re-arrest the suspect.

Hassan’s father Habibur Rehman has said that his son was studying at a madrassa in Aziz Brohi Goth when the teacher hit him on the head with a stick, resulting in a skull fracture. “We first took him to a nearby clinic, where X-rays revealed a crack in his skull. He was then shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and later referred to Jinnah Hospital’s children ward,” he said.

He said the accused teacher remained out on bail and sought justice. “My son would scream in pain during treatment. After his burial, we will pursue further legal action,” he added.

The victim’s uncle said the teacher had tried to justify the assault by claiming the child was being mischievous. “Children do mischief, but that does not mean you break a child’s skull with a stick. What kind of justice is this?” he asked, demanding strict punishment for the teacher to prevent similar incidents.

A woman has been shot dead, allegedly by her husband, a serving police officer, in what authorities described as an ‘honour’ related incident in Karachi’s Shadman Town on Friday.

Police said the 40-year-old woman was shot inside her home during a domestic dispute. 

She was rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital after the incident but later succumbed to her injuries.

“After receiving the information, police immediately reached the scene and shifted the injured woman to the hospital, where she expired,” Senior Superintendent of Police (Central) Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told a private media outlet that the victim had sustained “two gunshot injuries to the torso, through and through”.

According to SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Siddiqi, the suspect fled the scene following the shooting. 

He identified the suspect as a serving police inspector currently posted with the Special Investigation Unit (SIU).

The SSP added that this was the woman’s second marriage, adding that the suspect harboured doubts about his wife remaining in contact with her former husband.

“CCTV footage has been obtained and concerted efforts are underway to arrest the alleged killer,” he stated. 

The incident comes a day after another alleged so-called ‘honour killing’ in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area, where a young couple was shot dead, police and rescue officials have said. 

They said the bodies of a 30-year-old man and his 28-year-old wife were found inside a house in Lasi Goth, both bearing gunshot wounds.

So called honour killings continued to claim the lives of women across Pakistan throughout 2024, driven by deeply entrenched notions of family honour and shame.

Data released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) shows that such crimes remained widespread during the year, with Sindh and Punjab recording particularly high numbers. 

From January to November 2024, at least 346 people were killed in ‘honour’-related incidents nationwide.

A judicial magistrate in Karachi on Monday granted post-arrest bail to Armaghan Qureshi, the prime suspect in the Mustafa Amir murder case, in a matter linked to an illegal call centre and credit card data theft.

On January 6, 2025, Mustafa Amir, 23, was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA), allegedly by his friends Armaghan and Sheraz. 

According to the police, the victim’s body was thereafter put in his car’s trunk and set on fire in the Hub area of Balochistan.

A final challan in the murder case was submitted against Armaghan in August 2025. In addition to several other cases, he was also named in a data theft case registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on April 16, 2025.

On Monday, Armaghan’s bail application was heard by Judicial Magistrate (South). Advocate Khurram Abbas, where his counsel said that the prosecution had not shown any incriminating evidence and that the investigation had already been completed last year.

The defence maintained that there was no complainant or private witness against the suspect and no evidence linking him to the offence.

After hearing arguments, the magistrate approved Armaghan’s bail plea against surety bonds of Rs100,000.

Despite the relief, Armaghan will remain behind bars as he is still facing multiple other cases. 

Apart from the murder charge, FIRs have also been registered against him over injuring police officials during a February shoot-out that led to his arrest, as well as cases related to the recovery of illegal imported weapons and money laundering.

According to the FIA’s FIR, Armaghan was allegedly running an illegal call centre in DHA. The agency claimed the operation was involved in harassment, fraud, identity impersonation, cheating, spoofing, phishing and extortion.

Reports quoted sources as saying that employees at the call centre were trained to pose as officials from international organisations to obtain sensitive information, including names, debit and credit card details and social security numbers.

The FIA further alleged that illegal financial transactions were carried out on the instructions of Armaghan, who allegedly operated under the alias “Alex Boss”.

Separately, in July 2025, the investigating officer of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) informed a judicial magistrate that Armaghan had rented two properties to establish call centres in Lahore and Islamabad following Amir’s murder.

Police have reached a breakthrough in the murder of a woman and her three children found near the railway crossing gate on Mai Kolachi bypass, with the prime suspect’s confessional statement now on record.

Mansoor Hussain, the primary suspect, was taken into custody from the Lyari area, officials stated on Sunday.

Mansoor ruthlessly killed the woman and her three children in a video confession, according to Keamari district police chief Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Amjad Ahmed Sheikh.

The suspect claims that on the day of the incident, he initially took the woman, Aneela, on a motorcycle to a remote location close to Mai Kolachi, where he killed her. 

After that, he went back to Kharadar, took each child to the same spot, and killed them as well. 

Additionally, Mansoor said that he had been in contact with Aneela for the past three years and claimed that she used black magic, amulet charms, taweez, and blackmail against him.

Police further stated that the suspect had detailed knowledge of the remote Mai Kolachi area because he frequently went there with Aneela. 

Investigations also revealed that he had recently rented a house for her using his identity card.

SSP Amjad Ahmed Sheikh confirmed that the investigation is still going on, with legal proceedings being pursued based on the video confession and other evidence.

The four bodies, initially found dumped in a manhole near Mai Kolachi Road railway crossing on Friday night, were identified as Aneela, her 13-year-old daughter Kishwar Zahra, and her sons, 15-year-old Hussain Ali and 10-year-old Konain Ali.

The bodies were later identified by Aneela’s brother. The family, who lived in Kharadar, had gone missing on December 30.

Police registered a murder case under Section 302/34 (which deals with murder (intentional killing) and its punishment (death, life imprisonment, or lesser sentence), while Section 34 PPC covers “Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention,” making all participants liable for the crime’s result, even if only one inflicted the fatal blow, with penalties aligned to the main offence) of the Pakistan Penal Code against unknown suspects, with the state as the complainant. 

Acting Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) District Keamari, Mahzooz Ali, confirmed the identities of the deceased.

Post-mortems were prompted by the horrific revelation. Dr. Summaiya Syed, a police surgeon, attested to the fact that samples from the bodies were submitted to a laboratory to determine the precise cause of death, including testing for intoxicants and potential sexual assault.

The examinations revealed severe injuries: 15-year-old Hussain Ali had multiple head, face, and neck injuries; 10-year-old Konain Ali’s throat was slit; Kishwar suffered similar head and facial trauma; and Aneela had skull and facial injuries.

A transgender person was killed in a firing incident near Shagai Bridge in Peshawar, police said.

As per the details, the incident took place within the limits of the Faqirabad police station where the deceased, identified as Basit aka Bijli, was killing over a friendship dispute.

A case has been registered against a suspect identified as Waqar aka Sheena.

According to the FIR [First Information Report], the incident took place as Waqar came to meet Basit. An argument broke out between the two during the meeting and the suspect opened fire, killing Basit on the spot.

Police said raids were being conducted to arrest the accused and further investigation into the incident is underway.