Security guard shoots dead ‘thief’

KARACHI: A security guard at a bungalow shot dead an alleged thief in Defence Housing Authority Phase VI on Sunday. Darakhshan police took the security guard, Afzal Habib, into custody.

Sub-Inspector Sanaullah told The Express Tribune that matchsticks, a blade and a pair of scissors were found from the possession of the unidentified deceased, suggesting that he was a drug addict.

The officer further said that that the alleged robber had entered the empty bungalow with an intention of theft, adding that the security guard got into a fight with him when he tried to stop him.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2020.