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KARACHI: A police officer was caught driving a vehicle fitted with a fake number plate in Karachi, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n SHO Yousuf Plaza Waqar Awan was travelling in the vehicle with a fake number plate when it was stopped near Artillery Maidan.<\/p>\n According to police, the vehicle was identified through Safe City cameras within the jurisdiction of Artillery Maidan police station.<\/p>\n The officer was initially taken to Artillery Maidan police station and was later handed over to the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell (AVLC).<\/p>\n Waqar Awan has also been removed from the post of SHO and was suspended by Central District Police this evening.<\/p>\n Police sources said departmental action would also be taken against Waqar Awan.<\/p>\n AVLC police said investigation of the SHO was under way.<\/p>\n Separately, Karachi police suspended Manghopir SHO Raja Zulfiqar following the killing of a 15-year-old youth who resisted a robbery on Monday.<\/p>\n AIG Karachi Azad Khan suspended the SHO over his failure to control crime in the area.<\/p>\n The parents of the deceased, Roshan, staged a sit-in outside Manghopir Police Station against the killing.<\/p>\n According to the victim\u2019s parents, robbers entered their home on Monday and shot dead their son, who had memorized the Quran.<\/p>\n The victim\u2019s father said his son had recently passed his matriculation exams with high marks and was the only brother of eight sisters. He also alleged that two of the robbers were wearing police uniforms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n