DCO Gwadar found murdered in Karachi

DCO Abdul Rehman Dasti was killed in his car on Khayaban-e-Tanzeem. Police suspect murder was due to personal enmity.


Web Desk March 05, 2012

KARACHI: The bullet riddled body of District Coordination Officer Gwadar, Abdul Rehman Dasti was found from a car in Defence Phase V, Karachi, Express News reported on early Tuesday morning.

Police found the car, a Black Toyota Corolla, GR 002, parked outside a bungalow on Khayaban-e-Tanzeem, with the DCO still inside, but riddled with bullets.

SP Clifton, Tariq Dharejo said that the victim had probably been shot while inside the car along with his attackers. He believed that the murder could possibly be the result of personal enmity.

Police added that the car had been possibly moved away from the house where it was initially parked before police found it.

Dasti was visiting Karachi on official business.

A heavy contingent of police has reached the spot and is investigating the matter. Two gatekeepers in the immediate vicinity of the incident have been taken by police for questioning.

DIG South Shoukat Commander, while talking to the media, said that Dasti had called on Mir Ibrahim Bizenjo, at his house. According to the DIG, Dasti and Bizenjo had a falling out, after which the latter allegedly shot the DCO in the head.

Bizenjo's house staff tried to wash off the evidence, Shoukat said, but police managed to reach in time to recover the bullet casing and some spots of Dasti's blood on Bizenjo's front porch.

Bizenjo was not at his residence when the police reached.

The case follows the target killing of the wife and daughter of MPA Mir Bakhtiar Domki in Karachi last month.

COMMENTS (11)

Zalmai | 12 years ago | Reply

Khayaban-e-Tanzeem, how pretentious. Streets in Pakistan should be called Tanzeem Chowk or Tanzeem Sarak and if all else fails to stick we can always resort to the old word Colony. But Khayaban is a little too alien for Pakistan. I don't know as an Afghan who speaks both Pashto and Farsi/Persian this nomenclature just does not fit in Pakistan.

Waheed | 12 years ago | Reply

It should be a matter of serious concern and consideration for the karachi police to immediately arrest the culprits involve in the killing of such a high profile person like Dco Gwadar, otherwise the people keep on questing about the credibility of city police. If the peolice can not keep an eye on the suspects of terrorism then what is the use of having such a large force. Is it not wasting of public exchequer?

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