Three restaurant workers die of suffocation in Karachi

Owner found them dead after he opened the shop on Monday evening

KARACHI: Three youngsters were found dead at a barbeque restaurant located in Lyari neighbourhood within the limits of the Kalakot police station on Monday.

The three men were identified as 18-year-old Muhammad Azhar, 19-year-old Asif and Muzammil, 20. Their bodies were found from Rizwan BBQ restaurant located in the Bakra Piri area.

The owner of the shop found them dead after he opened the shop on Monday evening as per routine. He immediately informed the police about the incident. Police and rescue workers reached the site and shifted the bodies to Civil Hospital, Karachi for medico-legal formalities.



According to the police officials, the deceased persons used to work at the restaurant and also lived in the shop. Initially, it was reported that all the three died after eating poisonous food. However, Kalakot police SHO Ghulam Yasin, while quoting the initial investigations, said they did not die due to consuming poisonous food, but instead died of suffocation.

"They were sleeping the entire night in a closed shop while the generator was running," the officer claimed. "They died of suffocation due to the smoke of the generator while they were asleep."

The victims hailed from Sahiwal, Punjab and their bodies were sent to their hometown for burial. The officer said that no case has been registered, as initial investigation suggests that their deaths were an accident. However, a case would be registered if criminal negligence was found, he added.