Rangers and police arrested gangsters hail from different parts of the country, while one is from Afghanistan. Shabbir Khan hails from Rahim Yar Khan; Ehsanullah from South Waziristan; Mohammad Saeed, Afghanistan; Khan Mohammad, Quetta; Jan Mohammad, Wana and Abdul Aziz from Waziristan. According to Rangers’ spokesperson, the Anti Terrorist Wing of the Rangers made the arrests from Lyari.
The arrested gangsters were involved in numerous cases of target killings, extortions, kidnappings and bank robberies in Karachi.