Hyderabad Police Shoots 4 Suspects in Robbery Encounter, Third High Death Count in Three Years

Hyderabad police shot dead four suspects on Saturday during an encounter. The incident is the third of its kind in three-and-a-half years, with Hyderabad police previously executing four suspects over a bus robbery in October 2022 and another four in October 2025 for killing a teenager in Karachi.

The police spokesman, Inspector Shahid Usman, stated that Tandojam’s SHO led an exchange of fire with seven armed suspects on the Tando Qaisar link road. Reinforcements from Tando Yousuf and Rahuki joined the fray, resulting in four deaths and three escapes.

The slain suspects were identified as Abdul Qadoos Lashari, Asad Bozdar, Abdul Jabbar Sabzoi, and Irfan Buledi. Their bodies were taken to Liaquat University Hospital for postmortem examination. The identities of their accomplices are still unknown.

A one-page brief provided information about FIRs in various Sindh cities where the deceased suspects were involved. Lashari was booked in 12 cases across Sukkur, Khairpur, Jamshoro, and Dadu; Sabzoi in four cases in Karachi and Shikarpur; Bozdar in three cases in Karachi; and Buledi in three cases also in Karachi.