Man shot dead while driving to office

Probe team formed to dig out facts behind murder

KARACHI:

The Mochko police have registered a murder case after a man was found shot dead inside his car parked along Edhi Graveyard Road.

The FIR was registered on November 3 on the complaint of the deceased's brother, Tayyab Zafar, a resident of North Nazimabad.

In his statement, the complainant said that he received a phone call on November 2 informing him that his elder brother, Saad Zafar, had been shot and killed and that his body was being taken to Civil Hospital Karachi. He went to the hospital mortuary with relatives and friends, where he identified the body of his brother.

According to the FIR, Saad, who was married and had two children, was on his way to his office in Mauripur in his car (BUQ-507) when unidentified assailants shot him near Edhi Graveyard in Mochko at around 8:45pm on November 2.

The complainant nominated unknown persons as the suspects, stating that his brother had been killed over an unidentified dispute or enmity.

Meanwhile, Keamari SSP Singhar Malik has constituted a six-member special investigation team, headed by the SDPO of Mauripur, to investigate the murder of Saad Zafar.

The team, headed by SDPO Mauripur Sub-Division Dr Farooq Ahmed Mushtaq, will investigate the murder case and examine all available evidence to establish the facts.

Other members of the team include Mochko SHO Sub-Inspector Sohail Farooq, Mauripur SHO Sub-Inspector Ansar Iqbal, Mochko SIO Inspector Agha Amir Gopang, Keamari District Call Data Record (CDR) In-charge Zubair Ahmed Magsi, and District CCTV In-charge Shoaib.

The team will collect and preserve all available evidence to identify and arrest the suspects. It will also examine CCTV footage, obtain call data records and analyse the information to trace possible leads.

As per the order, the team must submit a comprehensive report detailing tangible progress in the investigation within five days.