HYDERABAD:A suspect allegedly involved in snatching of motorbikes and mobile phones was arrested in injured condition after an encounter with Tandojam police near Laghari chowk.
The police spokesman informed on Monday that a team of Tandojam police patrolling in the area spotted 3 suspicious persons riding on a motorbike and signalled them to stop for checking.
However, he added, the suspects tried to escape and that they allegedly opened fire on the cops.
He claimed that one of the suspects, later identified as Ahsaan Pissio, sustained a gunshot to his leg and fell on the ground but his 2 other accomplices escaped.
The injured suspect was shifted to Liaquat University Hospital for surgery of his bullet injury.
The spokesman claimed that Pissio was recently nominated in an FIR of motorbike and mobile phone snatching at PS Tandojam in the crime number 267/2026.