Personal Dispute: Govt employee shot dead
The victim’s body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities
KARACHI:
An employee of the Sindh Secretariat was shot dead in a firing incident near the secretariat on Wednesday evening. Police officials said the victim was killed over a personal dispute by a colleague while the police also claim to have arrested the accused from the spot. The deceased was identified as Syed Riasat Ali Shah, who works as a naib qasid to labour minister while the accused was identified as Shaukat, who works as a photographer for the minister. The victim’s body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. Police officials said the motive behind the incident has yet to be ascertained as the investigation is at the preliminary stage. No case has been registered as yet.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2016.
An employee of the Sindh Secretariat was shot dead in a firing incident near the secretariat on Wednesday evening. Police officials said the victim was killed over a personal dispute by a colleague while the police also claim to have arrested the accused from the spot. The deceased was identified as Syed Riasat Ali Shah, who works as a naib qasid to labour minister while the accused was identified as Shaukat, who works as a photographer for the minister. The victim’s body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. Police officials said the motive behind the incident has yet to be ascertained as the investigation is at the preliminary stage. No case has been registered as yet.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 5th, 2016.