KARACHI:A man was killed and a robber injured during an alleged police encounter in New Karachi area of the metropolis on Wednesday.

According to police sources, a gang of three robbers was trying to snatch a motorbike from a citizen when a police team reached the scene. The robbers opened fire on police team. The bandits retaliated the fire. In the crossfire, an innocent rickshaw driver, Abdul Nafees Khan, who was on his way to somewhere, and a robber injured. However, two robbers managed to escape the scene.

They were shifted to AbbasiShaheed Hospital for treatment, where driver Nafees succumbed to his injuries.