Another policeman killed as bloodshed continues

Two other people were shot dead in separate acts of target killings.

KARACHI: A policeman and two other people were killed in separate acts of target killings and violence in different parts of the metropolis on Saturday.

A police constable was shot dead in an act of target killing near Ghani Chowrangi in Jahanabad area of Pak Colony. Police officials said that at least three policemen were deployed in the area following the increase in incidence of crime near Ghani Chowrangi. They said that the deputed policemen were busy in their routine duty when unidentified motorcyclists opened fire at them.

Resultantly, a police constable, later identified as 32-year-old Muhammad Faisal, was shot at multiple times while the other officers remained unscathed. Faisal, son of Abdul Hameed, died on the spot. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for autopsy. Police officials said that the deceased was a resident of Singu Lane, Lyari, and was posted at the Pak Colony police station for the last two years.

In a separate incident, a young man was gunned down in Yousuf Goth near Bhains Colony Morr within the jurisdiction of the Shah Latif police. The deceased was shot multiple times and died on the spot. The body was taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for post-mortem where he was identified as Wajid, 23, son of Ghulam Muhammad. Police officials said that the deceased was sitting at his friend's chicken shop when unidentified men shot and killed him. The motive behind the incident is believed to be personal enmity. The police are further probing the case.

Meanwhile, the body of a paan shop vendor was found in Old City within the limits of the Napier police. The deceased has yet to be identified. Police officials said that the vendor was killed after being kidnapped by unidentified persons, adding that the kidnappers tortured him to death and later dumped the body. The corpse was moved to Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth for identification after medico-legal formalities were completed at Civil Hospital, Karachi.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2014.