Target-killer arrested from Karachi's Surjani Town: Rangers

KARACHI: Rangers personnel conducted a raid in Karachi Surjani town area late Friday night and arrested an alleged target-killer accused of being involved in the murders of policemen and several political activists in the city.

According to a Rangers spokesman, suspect Mohammad Rehan Hussain alias Bihari belongs to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and was in-charge of the party's Surjani Town sector.

The suspect was allegedly involved in the killing of political workers and police personnel, as well as crimes of extortion, kidnapping for ransom, snatching sacrificial hides, and 'china-cutting', said the Rangers spokesman.

The accused has confessed that he was leading a gang of target-killers and providing them with weapons for carrying out the crimes, claimed the Rangers spokesman.

The suspect was subsequently presented before the Karachi Central judicial magistrate, who sent him into Rangers custody on transit remand until September 28.

The suspect will be presented in the anti-terrorism court after Eid holidays, said the rangers spokesman.