Karachi: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar reportedly survived an attempt on his life when suspected assailants attacked his convoy on Monday, police officials said SSP Anwar remained unhurt in the attack, police said, adding that both the attackers were killed in retaliatory firing by police. The convoy came under attack by assailants when the senior official was on his way home in Malir Cantt. At least four policemen travelling in the convoy sustained bullet wounds, police said. According to initial reports, police responded with retaliatory firing as a result of which the two suspected attackers were killed. In 2015, SSP Rao Anwar survived an attack when he was returning home from the residence of slain DSP Fateh Muhammad Sangi. Rao Anwar, called the ‘encounter specialist’ by some, is known for carrying out ‘encounters’ of controversial nature against outlaws and has claimed in the past to have killed militants belonging to various terrorist organisations and the then-Mohajir Qaumi Movement activists during his raids. The majority of such cases remained unquestioned, apart from the few where the families of those shot dead moved the court. Published in Daily Times, January 17th 2018.