Targeted: Former income tax commissioner shot dead in Karachi

Mumtaz Shaikh left his Defence residence for his office when some unidentified men in a car opened fire at him.


Web Desk September 06, 2012

KARACHI: A former income tax commissioner was shot dead by unidentified men in Karachi, Express News reported Thursday.

According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South, Asif Aijaz Shaikh, former income tax commissioner Mumtaz Shaikh left his Defence Phase IV residence for his office when some unidentified men in a car opened fire at him.

The former commissioner died on the spot.

The assailants fled the scene right after, while a Kalashnikov and three bullet shells were recovered from the crime site.

Shaikh was a senior member of the revenue board in the local government.

The police have initiated an investigation.

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