Police in Karachi have arrested two suspects, one of them the manager of a company that supplies armored personnel carriers (APCs), over a DHA Karachi armored vehicles video that spread widely on social media. The video showed a parade of vehicles in the Defence Housing Authority area that looked like those used by police and law enforcement agencies. South Zone police said the footage left citizens feeling panic, fear and insecurity, and a case has now been registered.
Arrests and case details
A spokesperson for South Zone police said the video had gone viral a few weeks earlier. The case was registered at Sahil police station and names six people, including the owner of 4x4 Extreme and the manager of S&T Armed. Police also added sections 420, 170, 171, 268 and 290 of the Pakistan Penal Code, the country's main criminal law, to the case.
During the operation, police took one Land Cruiser into their custody and secured video evidence linked to the incident. Police said legal action is continuing to arrest the other named suspects and the owners of the vehicles.
Police warning on armed displays
The spokesperson said police are strongly opposed to the display of weapons and to what is known locally as VIP dala culture, the practice of showy VIP convoys. Citizens were urged to respect the law and avoid such unlawful activities.
The statement links the case to a wider concern about public displays of force on Karachi's roads. Police have not yet arrested the other people named in the case, so the outcome for them remains open.
Separate incident in Teen Hatti
In a separate case in Karachi, a five-year-old girl died after a kite string wrapped around her neck in the Teen Hatti area. She was sitting on her grandfather's lap while her father rode a motorcycle near the Syed Noor Ali Shah shrine when the string caught her. Rescue officials said her body was taken to Jinnah Hospital in an Edhi ambulance, and the family later left for Korangi with the body after legal formalities.
Initial police information placed the incident at a bridge in Liaquatabad No. 10, but it was later found to have happened near the shrine in Teen Hatti. The SHO of Jamshed Quarters, Imran Afridi, said he had no information about the incident and that the hospital had not yet informed the police station. Police said they are investigating further.
Aasan alfaaz mein
DHA Karachi mein bakhtar band gaariyon ki parade ki ek video viral hone ke baad police ne do afraad giraftar kiye hain, jin mein ek company manager bhi shamil hai. Police ke mutabiq is video se shehriyon mein khauf aur ghabrahat paida hui, aur ek Land Cruiser bhi qabza mein li gayi hai. Police ne kaha hai ke aslahay ki numaish aur VIP dala culture qabool nahi, is liye log qanoon ki pasdari karein. Karachi mein patang ki dor se bachon ki jaan ko khatra hai, is liye motorcycle par bachon ke saath safar mein ehtiyat zaroori hai.
