Reprisal death?: Army man kidnapped, slain in Lyari
Lance Naik Tariq Younus was allegedly picked up by Baba Ladla gang
KARACHI:
An army man was kidnapped and killed allegedly by gangsters in the crime-infested neighbourhood of Lyari on Thursday.
“Lance Naik Tariq Younus was allegedly kidnapped by gangsters on Wednesday and his body was found dumped near the Old Slaughterhouse area of Lyari on Thursday,” SSP City Shiraz Nazir told The Express Tribune. The victim was a resident of Hazara Colony, Lyari and posted in Sindh Regiment at Hyderabad.
Tariq Younus, who was home on leave, had gone to a nearby market to get his cell phone repaired when he was kidnapped by the alleged operatives of the Baba Ladla Group.
“We have information from many sources that Baba Ladla group’s Sikandar Siku, Lala Orangi and Sohail had kidnapped Younus and they were seen by people at Tannery Road,” the SSP said.
Police had killed a ringleader of the Baba Ladla gang in the area on Wednesday night and the murder of the army man could be in retaliation for the police action, he said. Police and Rangers have begun a search operation in the area following the body’s recovery.
In another incident unidentified armed men shot dead a doctor at Korangi No 1.5.
According to Zaman Town SHO, unidentified assailants came on motorcycle and gunned down Abul Aziz, 42, in his clinic. The police official said the doctor practiced alternative medicine and had shifted his clinic to Korangi from Shah Faisal Colony a few months back.
The Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) has condemned the unabated targeted killings. The spokesman for the party called the incident a failure of the Sindh government and the law enforcement agencies. “Dr Abdul Aziz was a Shia from Gilgit which is why he was targeted,” said the MWM spokesman Ali Ahmer.
Armed men shot and injured a police constable, Mumtaz, and a passer-by in Juna Market. He was having tea at a roadside stall when assailants targeted him and fled unchallenged, said a police official.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2014.
An army man was kidnapped and killed allegedly by gangsters in the crime-infested neighbourhood of Lyari on Thursday.
“Lance Naik Tariq Younus was allegedly kidnapped by gangsters on Wednesday and his body was found dumped near the Old Slaughterhouse area of Lyari on Thursday,” SSP City Shiraz Nazir told The Express Tribune. The victim was a resident of Hazara Colony, Lyari and posted in Sindh Regiment at Hyderabad.
Tariq Younus, who was home on leave, had gone to a nearby market to get his cell phone repaired when he was kidnapped by the alleged operatives of the Baba Ladla Group.
“We have information from many sources that Baba Ladla group’s Sikandar Siku, Lala Orangi and Sohail had kidnapped Younus and they were seen by people at Tannery Road,” the SSP said.
Police had killed a ringleader of the Baba Ladla gang in the area on Wednesday night and the murder of the army man could be in retaliation for the police action, he said. Police and Rangers have begun a search operation in the area following the body’s recovery.
In another incident unidentified armed men shot dead a doctor at Korangi No 1.5.
According to Zaman Town SHO, unidentified assailants came on motorcycle and gunned down Abul Aziz, 42, in his clinic. The police official said the doctor practiced alternative medicine and had shifted his clinic to Korangi from Shah Faisal Colony a few months back.
The Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) has condemned the unabated targeted killings. The spokesman for the party called the incident a failure of the Sindh government and the law enforcement agencies. “Dr Abdul Aziz was a Shia from Gilgit which is why he was targeted,” said the MWM spokesman Ali Ahmer.
Armed men shot and injured a police constable, Mumtaz, and a passer-by in Juna Market. He was having tea at a roadside stall when assailants targeted him and fled unchallenged, said a police official.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 12th, 2014.