Karachi violence: Gangster, political activist shot dead
A wanted member of the Baba Ladla gang of Lyari, Rashid Bengali, was shot dead near his house in Sheedi Village as he sat chatting with friends in the evening.
According to police, Bengali was Baba Ladla’s operational commander for the Lea Market and Aath Chowk areas. The provincial government had offered a half a million rupees bounty on Rashid Bengali – dead or alive - police said.
Soon after the murder, more than two people were killed in a vendetta-trigger gang war, along with a person identified as Israr Baloch – believed to be one of the assassins who took down Rashid Bengali.
Sources said that Bengali’s associates also burnt Israr’s body after shooting him, but police officials denied it.
Bengali was wanted by police in several cases of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping for ransom, extortion, police encounters and drug trafficking.
Meanwhile, Abbas Qadri, 28, an office bearer of the Pakistan Sunni Tehreek (PST), was shot dead in Sector 5-C, New Karachi within the limits of Bilal Colony police station. DSP Mohammad Akhtar said that at least two armed men riding a motorcycle shot and killed Qadri when he was going on his motorcycle.
PST spokesman Fahim Qadri told The Express Tribune that deceased was the party in-charge of Surjani sector. The incident caused of suspension of commercial activities in parts of New Karachi and Surjani while an extra contingent of law enforcers were called to avoid any untoward incident.
In Korangi area, Waris Masih, 38, was gunned down outside his home within Awami Colony police precincts. DSP Majeed Abbas said that victim had no affiliation with any party while the motive behind the incident was yet to be ascertained.
Two men on a motorcycle shot dead Azharul Haq, 52, in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block-2. Police officials said Haq might have been killed resisting a robbery.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 7th, 2012.
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In Karachi these gangs are very much inspired by Indian gang-war movies and setup their extortion businesses in Karachi by the support of political parties. Now there is a need to clean the city. I think now Pak-Army should force to government to establish a state-of-the-art Police system with full authority to counter this gang-war mafias.