KARACHI: An unknown number of Karachi policemen have been arrested for their part in an encounter in which a bystander was shot.

Sheeraz Nazeer, South SSP ordered to arrest those policemen. If the man was injured due to the policemen’s firing, a strict action will be taken against them, SSP said.

The bystander, identified as Sharafat Ali, got injured during a police encounter in Saddar, Karachi. Sharafat’s brother Nazakat says he went to get things for his motorcycle when he was hit by a bullet.

Although Sharafat is now out of danger but his family wants action against the policemen who shot him.