Three bodies were of women while two were of men, said Superintendent of Police Saddar Town, Tariq Dharejo.
According to Express News correspondent Wasiq Muhammad, the deceased were members of the same family, who were murdered brutally late Tuesday night.
A watchman, who worked near the house named Muhammad Sadiq revealed that when he came to the house, around 1:15pm, he found that the main gate was left ajar.
He then entered the house and found bodies in gunny bags.
He informed the police immediately, who conducted a raid and shifted the bodies to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre for an autopsy and started an investigation.
The police suspect that a family member might be involved in the killing, because the tight security in the Askari-III locale and the 10-feet-high walls of the house left little chance for an outsider to break into the house.
The police added that there was a possibility that the deceased were given sedatives and were then murdered.
Head of the family Muhammad Arif’s nephew Muhammad Rauf told Express News that they [the deceased] did not have enmity with anyone and that they had good relations with people in the neighbourhood as well.
Senior Superintendent of Police Naeem Sheikh revealed that the motive of the murderers was to kill the family members and escape. He said that this is because after inspecting the house, police found out that the murderers did not steal anything from the house.
While stating that 2-3 people were involved in the murder, the police said that this might be done by somebody who knew the family personally.
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@Rajendra Kalkhande: Dear Rajendra Kalkhande, You are half way correct in what you say, but feeling safe in a Western Country? I really have to disagree with you on that. Try travelling in some areas of U.K. and America. You can so easily be mugged for money or just plain old assaulted for pleasure. I could go into some areas of Europe but even Express Tribune would start to become worried about the amount of space required. Have you heard about Australia? Assaults of Indian students became so bad that large numbers of them have stopped going to Australia for their studies, and the State Premier of Victoria has made several visits to India in order to placate a, quite rightly, very upset Indian Government. It is just a fact of life that crime exists everywhere, It does not matter if the country is Muslim, Christian or Hindu. There are low life people everywhere, at all levels of society, and they will steal, or injure or kill or all three depending upon their particular mental makeup. I am afraid the police, everywhere, will never be out of a job.
There are many areas in US metro cities where you cannot go after sunset. Robbers broke into my cousin's house in daylight in New York. So please stop blaming our beloved country and its existence. Lets join hand to improve this by changing ourselves. Lets start with small things. Hope is still there.
@Rajendra Kalkhande: There are many areas of the UK and USA where one does not feel safe and yet there is no Islamic law governing the state.
@IMTIAZ: You are at liberty to leave this country but remember gruesome murders in great numbers do take place in United States also.
FEDERAL AND all proivincial governments of the country have completely failed to control law and order situation throughout Pakistan including Karachi. A large portion of police is deployed on protocol duties of the elite. Police is being used to achieve political motives of some parties.Moreover, extreme corrupton in the police is also a majorr factor to control the heinous crimes. The criminals are not being given exemplary punishmens by the courts. There is anarchy in the country and people are being killed like carrots. In order to control the crimes it is absolutely essential that the criminals involved in the brutal kiillings of the innocent people should be hanged in public or their necks should be blown with sword in public. like Saudi Arabia This is the only solution left to control the mounting crimes in Pakistan
@ syed Imran: You mean to say the countries not following Islamic laws are not safe ? Problem is not the law, its the mind set of the people. Western world doe not have Islamic laws and people there can feel safe anywhere anytime. Violence has entered into Pakistan's soul and body so deeply that its going to be very difficult to eradicate it.Well armed gangs who have political protection, roam freely in Pakistan. Every political party has religious and armed extensions. They all protect each other and the common man suffers. .
I live in Askari 3 as well. While the front walls of the house are high, the side walls are not and the house shared that wall with a government school right next to it. Someone could have come from there.
Also the security in this area isn't as good as police claims it to be. Just a few months back, three armed men climbed our walls and broke into our house middle of the night.
It's really a shame this unstop killing is now getting over head. I would just like to know the names
Domestic help could be involved as well?
This is Zulm e Azeem and no country can exist with such law and order situation. The answer to address this situation is bringing in Islamic Punishments as carried out in Saudi Arabia. I know some enlightened moderated minds abhor these punishments, however, no one can deny the wisdom in these punisments and that is their deterrance value.
I appeal to the President, PM and the Chief Justice of Pakistan to implement Islamic Punisments otherwise this country can not stay intact
It is shame shame ! un-stopped killing is going on in lawlessness Pakistan. What is the use of existing such a country which are unable to protect innocent lives ? It is very common that every day so many peoples, women, children lost their lives and the country's security system failed to protect them. In case if the Government and peoples of Pakistan are un-able to control / manage then it is better to surrender the state of Pakistan to some other country or countries who can provide security and protect the lives of innocent peoples.