In the line of duty: Policeman killed in Lyari buried

SUKKUR: Police constable Tufail Ahmed Memon, who was killed in Lyari on Monday, was laid to rest in New Goth graveyard in Sukkur on Tuesday. A number of police officials attended Tufail’s namaz-e-janaza in police lines station. Tufail was a resident of Memon Mohallah Barrage Road and was posted to Karachi after he completed his commando training. He was later deployed in Lyari. Police Lines DSP Badar said that Tufail was hit by bullets in Lyari and died on the spot. Farid Ahmed Memon, Tufail’s cousin, said that Tufail’s father, Gulzar Ahmed Memon, was also a police constable and had died six years ago.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 2^nd, 2012.