Three shot dead in separate incidents

Dozen others injured in shootings

KARACHI:

At least three people were shot dead and a dozen others, including a police officer, were injured in separate incidents in different neighbourhoods of the metropolitan city on Sunday.

In the first incident, unidentified gunmen shot dead a man near Muhammadi Masjid, in Musa Colony, Gulberg, police said. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was identified as Asif. The deceased received one gunshot in the head which proved fatal, as per doctors.

According to preliminary investigation, personal enmity appears to be the motive behind the deadly shooting, though his relatives claim that Asif had no enmity. Asif, a father of four and resident of Surjani Town, worked as a painter. Police have found the mobile phone and wallet of the victim at the crime scene. Police registered a case and started investigations.

In another incident, a 35-year-old man, named Dawood, was fatally shot in the remits of Jackson police station. Chhipa volunteers shifted the body to the Civil Hospital. Jackson police station SHO Babar Hameed said that the victim was a trucker.

As per preliminary investigations, two men riding a motorcycle pulled up near Dawood and shot him twice in the chest before speeding away. The SHO speculated that the shooting could be the result of some personal enmity as the suspected killers neither spoke to Dawood nor touched his wallet and cell-phone.

Sabir Khan, 31, was shot dead near the new vegetable market on the highway in the jurisdiction of the SITE Super Highway police station. He was being shifted to the hospital for medical treatment but died on the way.

Sabir's brother told police he was a cloth merchant and had four children. He was returning home after having tea with friends when unidentified people shot him twice.

Elsewhere in the city, two men, identified as 55-year-old Sher Muhammad and 26-year-old Umar, were shot and injured near Welcome Bakery in Liaquatabad No. 4. The motive behind the shooting could not be confirmed immediately.

Similarly, 52-year-old police SI Azizullah was injured in firing by motorcyclists in Sector 5/E of New Karachi. Nauman, 17, was wounded in a fire exchange between two groups in MPR Colony, Orangi Town. Shehzad Butt, 30 was shot and injured near Shah Faisal Colony No 1, 24-year-old Mubeen was hit by a stray bullet near Ayesha Manzil, while 18-year-old Israel was injured in firing near Jamali Goth, on Superhighway in Sohrab Goth.

MQM-P workers robbed

Street criminals shot at and injured three people in the New Karachi area. The three friends were having tea when armed men robbed them. The criminals fired when one of them resisted, with the bullet shards hitting them. It was later revealed that the three were workers of the MQM-P and were returning from the public gathering at the Jinnah Ground.

In the Sachal area, a man was injured during another robbery. Wazir, 36, was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medical treatment. The Spokesman of the Police said that the wounded is identified as Wazir, aged 36.

Four suspects held

Sachal and Zaman Town police arrested four suspects in injured condition and recovered weapons and other stolen goods after alleged exchanges of fire.

The Sachal police arrested two robbers during an alleged encounter at Sir Syed Chowk. They were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police identified the suspects as Muhammad Zeeshan and Zeshna. Police said two pistols with ammunition, mobile phones, some cash and a motorcycle were recovered from them. A case was registered under the Police Encounter and Arms Act against the accused.

Meanwhile, Zaman Town said they had also arrested two suspects, with SHO Mushtaq Baloch identifying them as 23-year-old Obaidullah Khan and 25-year-old Muhammad Osama. Two TT pistols with ammunition, stolen mobile phones and a stolen motorcycle were recovered from the arrested suspects, he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 20^th, 2023.