IG Sindh Orders Disciplinary Action After Karachi JMDC Bus Robbery

Overview

• Students from Jinnah Medical and Dental College were robbed during a morning pickup Thursday near Medicentre on Shaheed-e-Millat Road in New Town, according to police.
• The assailants boarded the bus at the stop and took mobile phones, a student’s bag, and jewellery from multiple students before fleeing.
• Police say the investigation is underway based on victim and eyewitness statements, and no arrests have been made so far.
• IG Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon ordered a detailed report and action against the local station house officer responsible for the area.
• Sindh’s home minister, Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar, called for strict discipline for area police, including possible suspension or demotion, after reports that security guards were absent at the stop and the bus often ran with its doors open.