Another bloody day: Two ASWJ men among 10 more shot dead

An activist of MQM and a general physician were also gunned down.

KARACHI:

Two workers of a religious outfit and two political activists were among 10 people who fell victim to drive-by shootings on Monday in Karachi.

In North Karachi, the area in-charge of Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat (ASWJ), formerly the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, was shot dead by unidentified assailants.

Twenty-eight-year-old Irfan Ishaq was shot three times by two armed motorcyclists outside his house, Khawaja Ajmer Nagri SHO Chaudhry Afzal said. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Another man associated with the ASWJ was gunned down in a targeted attack in Gulshan. Maulvi Farooq, 40, was sitting at a tyre puncture shop in Block-7, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, where two armed motorcyclists shot him dead, police said. The shop owner, named Ismail, was also wounded in the attack.

In Orangi Town, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist, who was nominated in the murder case of a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) worker, was gunned down.

Two armed motorcyclists fired a volley of bullets at 32-year-old Shamshad Abdul Haq alias Bohra at the Bangla Bazaar, killing him on the spot, said SHO Ghulam Nabi Afridi. Police has found six empty 9mm shells from the crime scene. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

The victim lived in Durrani Goth and was associated with the MQM’s Unit 121. Bohra was booked in FIR No. 135/12 about the murder of PPP’s Javed Bihari.

An activist of the PPP was shot dead by assailants in Orangi Town’s Ghaziabad neighbourhood. Pakistan Bazaar police said that 35-year-old Basheer alias Chotta was associated with the ruling party. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

In Lyari, two unidentified attackers shot dead a general physician. Forty-five-year-old Dr Nisar Ahmed was sitting inside his clinic when an armed man came inside and shot him twice, Lyari division SP Sarfaraz Nawaz said. His body was taken to the Civil hospital.

The doctor also worked at the Lyari General Hospital in night shifts. He was from Khairpur and lived in Defence. Police have linked his killing to a personal enmity as no evidence of robbery or extortion has been found.

In Yousuf Goth, a 65-year-old faith healer was killed and his daughter was injured in a targeted attack.

At least five armed men reportedly came to Zainul Abideen Bengali’s house and fired a volley of bullets, killing him on the spot, Saeedabad police said. The victim’s daughter, 24-year-old Yasmin Shafi, was wounded. The victims were taken to the Civil hospital.

Initial investigation suggests the attack was carried out over a land dispute, SHO Gulshan Junejo said.

In Malir’s Memon Goth, two armed men on a motorcycle targeted 50-year-old Mohammad Din and his son-in-law, Abdul Shakoor, 28. Their bodies were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.

Another man, who has to be identified yet, was shot dead in Sultanabad within the Manghopir police precinct. The body was shifted to the Edhi morgue after medico-legal formalities at Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

The trussed up body of a young man was found from Iqbal Market in Orangi Town. The body was stuffed in a gunny bag. The victim, who has not been identified yet, was badly tortured before being shot dead, police said.

Suspects arrested

More than two dozen suspects were taken in custody by Rangers and police in separate raids. The suspected criminals were picked up by law enforcers from Lyari, Malir, Ancholi, Gulbahar, Gulistan-e-Jauhar and Soldier Bazaar.

Weapons were also seized from a few suspects, who have been shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation, sources in police told The Express Tribune.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2012.