Retired engineer found slaughtered

KARACHI:

The body of an elderly retired engineer has been found in a building located in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, within the jurisdiction of the Steel Town police station. The victim, identified as 69-year-old Pir Baksh Solangi, a native of Dadu district, had been brutally murdered, with his throat slashed.

Pir Baksh Solangi, a retired engineer of Port Qasim, had two marriages and leaves behind a complex family structure. His first marriage bore six children, including three sons and three daughters, all of whom are married. He had a son and a daughter from his second marriage who are also married.

Solangi had constructed a five-story residential building in Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Phase 1, where he lived on the ground floor, with the first floor occupied by tenants and the second floor by one of his sons, a doctor at JPMC. The upper two floors of the building are rented out to more tenants.

Idrees Bangash, SHO Steel Town police station, revealed that Solangi was known for leading a private and independent life, residing on his designated floor and avoiding interference from others. His son, responsible for providing him with meals, became alarmed when he noticed that the food he had left for his father the previous night remained untouched on Wednesday morning.

Concerned, the son inquired with a woman residing in the building about his father's whereabouts, receiving a negative response. Subsequently, the woman and the deceased's daughter-in-law entered the ground floor residence, only to discover Solangi's body, with his throat visibly cut by a sharp-edge weapon.

Police was called in which secured the body for medico-legal procedures at JPMC. SHO Bangash stated that there are suspicions that the assailant used broken glass to slaughter Solangi.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 14^th, 2024.