Car involved in hit-and-run case recovered from MPA's farmhouse

Driver of the speeding vehicle had crushed woman, son two days before Eid

KARACHI:

The hit-and-run car that crushed a woman and an eight-year-old boy in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 7 two days before Eidul Fitr, has been recovered from the farmhouse of former SSP and current Member of the Provincial Assembly, Farooq Awan, located in Memon Goth, by the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Investigation police.

The investigation officer, Inspector Sarfaraz said that the child who was injured in the accident died on Eid day during treatment, while the woman was still in coma.

According to police, on April 8, Nooriya Bibi, wife of Syed Muhammad Agha and her eight-year-old son Syed Yousuf Agha were hit and injured by a speeding car driven by an unidentified person on the Allama Shabeer Usmani Road within the limits of Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station. The driver responsible for the accident fled from the spot along with the vehicle.

The injured were rushed to the nearby private hospital. They were later shifted to another private hospital on Stadium Road in critical condition. After getting the CCTV footage of the accident, Syed Ahmadullah son of Syed Abdullah Agha, brother-in-law of injured woman, filed a case in Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station on April 9, 2024.

On a tip-off, Inspector Sarfraz of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Investigation police along with his team raided a farmhouse in Memon Goth area and recovered the said car. The employees of the farmhouse immediately informed the owner of the farmhouse about the police raid. On which the owner of the farmhouse, former SSP and current MPA Farooq Awan reached his farmhouse and enquired about the reason of raid.

Awan informed the raiding party that the vehicle was parked at his farmhouse without his knowledge. He said, his friend, Zahid Awan, who lives in Japan, is in a business of buying and selling cars from Japan. His friend sends cars and spare parts from Japan and stores them at his farmhouse.

The MPA mentioned that he came to know about the incident after his employee informed him about the police raid. He said that Furqan, the driver responsible for the accident, is missing.

The police party also raided the house of Zahid Awan in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 7, but found no one in the house. Police are searching for the driver responsible for the accident.

According to police sources, the owner of the vehicle, Zahid Awan is a relative of the MPA, has been sent to some secret location to avoid arrest.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16^th, 2024.