‘Encounters’ the answer to Karachi’s street crime woes?

An alarming rise in street crime has compelled the Karachi police to conduct 250 alleged police encounters all across the city from January in which 27 suspects have been killed and around 300 others wounded.

While the police claim that the number of street crimes is on a decline, experts believe that the law enforcement agency is focused on delivering “swift justice” to ease the growing pressure by adopting a “short-sighted strategy”.

Official data suggested that the number of alleged police encounters and suspects killed and wounded registered an increase since January.

From January 1 to April 8, as many as 27 suspected robbers were killed and 294 others hurt in 254 alleged encounters in the metropolis. The number of suspects arrested by the police stands at 2,345 during the period in question.

In January, four suspects were killed and 61 wounded in 63 “encounters” in the city

In February, the number of “encounters” reached 79 in which 11 suspects were killed and 89 were hurt.

In the month of March, a total of 96 ‘encounters’ took place in the city in which 11 suspects were killed and 125 wounded.

During the first eight days of the current month, a total of 16 encounters took place in which one suspected robber was gunned down and 19 were wounded.

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