KARACHI – Two men were gunned down in separate violent incidents on Friday.
A hairdresser was shot dead in Gulshan Ghazi, Baldia Town within the limits of Mochko police station.
Mochko police station duty officer said that Mukhtiar, son of Karim Khan, was killed by an unidentified armed man, who entered his hairdressing shop in the Gulshan Ghazi area and fired multiple shots on him. The motive behind his murder was personnel enmity, he added.
The body of the victim was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities. In another incident, a man was shot dead outside his home in Sector 1-C of Orangi Town in the wee hours of Friday. Orangi Sub-Inspector Abdul Sattar said the body of 48-year-old Hafizur Rehman, son of Shafi, was found outside his house in Gulshanabad.
The victim, who ran a billiard zone, had suffered a single bullet to his forehead. “Rehman might have been killed over a personnel enmity,” he added. The sub-inspector said that Rehman had to attend a marriage ceremony on Thursday night but he was found dead outside his home on Friday morning.
Meanwhile, two MQM activists and a two-year boy were injured when unidentified men opened fire on a house in the Khokhrapar area on Friday.
Police said that 19-year-old Faraz, son of Riaz, 17-year-old Omair, son of Asif, and two-year-old Hassan suffered bullet wounds and were shifted to the Sindh Government Hospital Malir.
“The attack might be due to a minor controversy between the MQM and the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz but we are not sure about the attackers,” police added. ‘Target killer’ arrested: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a man allegedly involved in the murder of four councillors belonging to the MQM and recovering a TT pistol from his possession.
Police said the suspect identified as Zeeshan alias Shani was arrested in the Preedy police jurisdiction. “Shani has confessed to killing the councillors in Qaidabad, Ranchore Lines and two in the Shah Faisal areas,” police said, added that he was also involved in a bank robbery.
