Guard shoots tanker driver in leg

The bullet hits Riaz in the leg and he was immediately shifted to the hospital

KARACHI:

A security guard shot and injured a driver of a water tanker in North Karachi on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, a security guard shot and killed a social media influencer Saad at a mobile phones mall and a few days another security guard killed an Afghan boy over parking a donkey cart in North Karachi.

According to DSP Salman Waheed, a security guard named Zubair opened fire on 35-year-old Ghulam Riaz. The bullet hit Riaz in the leg and he was immediately shifted to the hospital, while Zubair escaped.

DSP Waheed said that Riaz, a water tanker driver had come to supply water to a house in the area. While reversing, the water tanker hit a bamboo barrier and broke it.

The security guard Zubair and a resident named Sherry had an argument with the tanker driver. Riaz offered to pay for the damages, but Zubair, showing intolerance, shot the water tanker driver and injured him in the leg and escaped from the spot.

However, police have picked up the manager of the security guard company and asked him to produce Zubair before the law.

DSP Waheed further said that the water tanker driver accompanied by a teenage boy whose statement has been recorded and further investigation is underway in this regard.