Shot dead: Family suspects servant of murder

KARACHI: A retired chief petty officer of the Pakistan Navy, 50-year-old Mohammad Yousuf, was found dead inside his house at Saba Avenue, Defence Housing Authority on Friday.

Police officials said that there were several torture marks on Yousuf's body which was sent to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for autopsy and later handed over to the family. An FIR No. 529/13 has been registered on behalf of the victim's wife at the Darakshan police station.

SSP Investigations Faizullah Karejo told The Express Tribune that the victim's wife nominated their house servant, Asif Jalal, as a suspect in the murder case. A few valuables, including cell phones, also disappeared from the victim's residence while the suspect was nowhere to be found, said Karejo.

The deceased was shot multiple times and hit on the head with an iron rod. The police suspect that the Jalal killed the victim when he tried to stop the robbery. According to Karejo, the murder took place on the ground floor and the victim's elderly mother, the only other person in the house, was on the first floor.