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| India-Pakistan |
| Karachi Korpse Kount |
| 2012-04-05 |
| KARACHI: Five people, including an activist of Awami National Party (ANP) and Rangers sepoy, fell prey to separate acts of target killing in the metropolis on Wednesday. An activist of ANP, Omar Malook, 30, resident of Sector 36, Taiser Town, was sitting in front of his house when unidentified armed men riding a motorcycle shot him dead and fled to unknown destination. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate medical Centre (JPMC) for medico-legal formalities. A police official said the victim was the area president of ANP and was working at a bus stand as a clerk. The victim was the father of three children. Initially, police revealed that it was the target killing incident. Soon after the incident, tension engulfed surrounding area of Surjani where all shops were closed due to uncertain condition. Heavy contingents of police and Rangers were deployed in the troubled area to avoid any untoward incident. The victim hailed from Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Later, police handed over his body to heirs. No case was registered till filing the report. In another incident, a 26-year-old man, Sher Hakeem, was standing near New Sabzi Mandi, Super Highway, within the limits of Sohrab Goth police station when unidentified armed men opened fire on him; resultantly he received bullet injuries and died on the spot. On information, police rushed to the scene and shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medico-legal formalities. A police official said the victim was the resident of an area near Bismillah Market where the incident took place. He was labourer by profession. The official said the victimÂ’s younger brother Wazeer Malook received his body from ASH. Malook told police that his brother had no affiliation with any political or religious party. Police believed that personal enmity was motive behind the incident. Police have registered a case against unidentified men on the complaint of Malook and initiated a probe into the case. Separately, police found body of a man packed in a gunny bag from Karimabad, within the jurisdiction of Azizabad police station. SHO Haseeb Qureshi said the victim had several torture marks on his body and a nylon rope was also in his neck. He said the victim appeared to be 25-year-old Balochi speaking. The body was shifted to ASH for an autopsy, where doctors said he died due to suffocation. Later police moved his body to Edhi Morgue for identification and registered a case against unidentified men on the complaint of state. Meanwhile, a Shahbaz Rangers sepoy, Irfan, 34, son of Abdul Rehman, who injured on April 1 near Met office, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, succumbed to his injuries at private hospital on Wednesday. A police official said Irfan was crossing the road along with his wife, when unidentified men targeted him. Resultantly he received four bullets. Police shifted him to a private hospital where after three days of treatment, he breathed his last. The victim was posted in Shahbaz Rangers, Sukkur. Police have registered an FIR against unidentified men on the complaint of victimÂ’s wife. The victim was the father of two children and police have initiated a probe into the case. In yet another incident, an owner of PCO was shot dead at his shop near Al Asif Square within the precincts of Sohrab Goth police station. The incident took place at a PCO situated at the backside of Al Asif Square, where 32-year-old Noroz Khan was sitting, when unidentified armed men opened fire on him. Resultantly he received bullet injuries and died on the spot. The body was shifted to ASH for medico legal formalities. SHO Abdul Ghaffar Jumani said the victim was the resident of same area where the incident took place. The victim hailed from Afghanistan. The victimÂ’s family gave statement to police that the victim had some enmity in his community that might be the motive behind the incident. Later, police handed over his body to the heirs. |
| Posted by:Steve White |