Reporting aerial firing earns life threats

KARACHI:

Fisherfolk Forum Pakistan Chairman Mehran Ali Shah has demanded immediate arrest of an alleged gutka dealer, Rahman Shah, and his accomplices for aerial firing outside his residence in Ibrahim Hyderi late Tuesday night.

The suspects were threatening Shah for having filed a complaint with the police about aerial firing at Rahman Shah's wedding.

Shah said he informed police when residents approached him in fear after gunfire erupted during the wedding of Rahman Shah in Syed Mohalla. Footage doing rounds on social media shows groom Rahman Shah firing alongside his associates. Locals alleged Rahman runs a gutka factory in the area and is involved in drug supply.