Five men, including a suspected gangster, were rubbed out in different parts of the city on Friday, said police.The officials said 27-year-old Dur Mohammad alias Durra was found rubbed out in a Mauripur locality. They added that area people informed them about the body lying on an open plot in Mowach Goth.
"It's yet to be ascertained if the killing was the result of a feud within his gang or a rivalry with another gang," said an official at the Mauripur cop shoppe.
"He was wanted by police in a number of criminal cases, including kidnap for ransom, murder and armed robberies."
He said the body was found in the area known to be a stronghold of Shiraz Comrade said to be the leader of one of the criminal gangs in Lyari
...one of the eighteen constituent towns of the city of Karachi. It is the smallest town by area in the city but also the most densely populated. Lyari has few schools, substandard hospitals, a poor water system, limited infrastructure, and broken roads. It is a stronghold of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party. Ubiquitous gang activity and a thriving narcotics industry make Lyari one of the most disturbed places in Karachi, which is really saying a lot....
though Dur Mohammad did not belong to his gang, indicating that he might have been kidnapped and killed by rivals.
After medico-legal formalities at the Civil Hospital Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, the body was handed over to the family, said the police.
Man found rubbed out
A young transporter who had gone missing on Thursday was found rubbed out a few kilometres from Sohrab Goth, off the Superhighway, officials said. The police believed that 26-year-old Shahzad Chandio was killed over personal enmity.
"The victim was a resident of Jamshed Quarters and associated with some transport business," said DSP Iftikhar Lodhi, the area's sub-divisional police officer.
"We have reason to believe that it was not an act of assassination but a matter related to some personal issues. The family is in a state of shock and grief. We will definitely seek their cooperation to set the course of investigation."
Shop owner killed
Another young man who had gone missing on Thursday was found rubbed out in Ramswami within the remit of the Garden cop shoppe.
The police said the killing of 29-year-old Junaid Habib, who had a shop in the Ramswami area, appeared to be mysterious. "He was not associated with any political or religious group, while his family also denies his enmity with any individual or group," said Garden SHO Inspector Athar Malik.
"He was probably kidnapped from his shop," he added.
Labourer bumped off
Earlier during the day, a 25-year-old labourer was bumped off in a drive-by shooting near a bus stop in Pak Colony, said police.
"Sajid Brohi was targeted just after he left home in Jehanabad for a garment factory where he was employed as a labourer," said Pak Colony SHO Inspector Abdul Moid.
The officer said that the victim was intercepted by gunnies riding a
cycle of violence near the bus stop. One of them fired a single shot at him before they sped away. The victim sustained a single gunshot wound to his head and was struck down in his prime, the inspector added."The reason is not yet clear but the way he was killed indicates that criminal gangs are behind this incident," he added.
Young man rubbed out
A tyre puncture shop owner was rubbed out in Buffer Zone over what police believed personal enmity.
Imran, 24, was at work when gunnies riding a motorbike pulled up there and fired at him before fleeing, said Taimuria SHO Inspector Sajid Javed."Initial findings show that he fell to prey to personal enmity over some monetary issue," he added.