Summary All the arrested people were shifted to different undisclosed locations.
MURREE (Dunya News) – At least 14 suspected target killers were arrested during raids at various hotels in Murree today (Thursday).
The suspects believed to be involved in numerous crimes in Karachi were hiding in Murree due to the on-going operation in the metroplis.
The culprits were transferred to an undisclosed location for further investigation, police said.
According to reports, Rangers and police have arrested at least 1,366 suspects during the last 12 days of ongoing targeted operation that they launched in the country's violence-hit southern port city of Karachi against terrorists, target killers, kidnappers and extortionists.
The operation was launched after a special cabinet meeting presided by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Karachi on Sept. 4 that approved the targeted operation to deal with the deteriorating law and order situation in the business hub of the country.
All the arrested people were shifted to different undisclosed locations for the interrogation while only a few of them were brought before the courts for legal procedure.
Analysts said that since the start of the operation at large scale, a visible improvement has been observed in the law and order situation of the city.
According to human rights groups, over 2,000 people were killed in different kinds of attacks during the first eight months of the current year.
The action was taken after a raise in daily incidents of target killings, kidnapping for ransom and extortion that badly affected business activities in Karachi, a city with over 20 million population.
Official reports say that dozens of leading businessmen have shifted their business and families to other countries due to life insecurity in the city.
A joint investigation report by the intelligence agencies revealed that most of the killings take place in the result of political, religious and ethnic confrontation between various rival groups and mafias in the city. The report also said that major political parties of the country have their militant wings that they use to control the black money and politics of the city.
