South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Irfan Ali Baloch has said that police have rounded up 34 suspects so far on charges of lynching two telecom company workers in Karachi’s Machhar Colony area a day ago, on Saturday.
A vigilante mob lynched the two men and torched their vehicle after some miscreants spread rumours that they were kidnappers and roaming the area with the intention to abduct children, police said yesterday.
Initially, two suspects were arrested on Friday, and on Saturday, DIG Baloch said the number had increased to 34.
“Keamari police conducted a targeted operation in Machhar Colony to arrest the suspects,” he said, adding that those in custody were being interrogated.
The DIG said a case for the incident had been registered in which 15 named and more than 200 unnamed suspects were booked.
He added that apart from those arrested, five more suspects had been identified with the help of videos of the incident so far.
However, the Keamari SSP told Dawn on Friday that a total of 10 suspects had been identified with the help of mobile phone footage and statements of witnesses.
The DIG said today that videos were being used to identify more witnesses and no one involved in the incident would be spared.
