Five people were murdered over different issues in different areas of the city on Tuesday. In first mishap a major and his father were found murdered by unidentified men inside their Farm House located on Baidian Road in the Barki Police Area.
The two deceased were identified as 50-years-old Major (r) Shahid and his 80-years-old father Mansha Hussain.
Barki Police Station House Officer Inspector Azam said Major (r) Shahid was residing in a farm house which was spread over 16 acres.
He said the milkman had informed Shahid’s brother-in-law namely Col (r) Ishaq that nobody had been opening the door for three days in a row and upon investigation, they found the dead bodies. The reasons behind the killings had not been established, he said, adding that Ghulam Mustafa, a servant, could not be found.
Similarly two young men were murdered by their rivals while seven men including two passer-by girls sustained bullet wounds in the Sabzazar Police jurisdiction. The deceased men were identified as 24-years-old Hafiz Muhammad Irfan resident of Chappar Stop, Samanabad and 25-years-old Malik Shahbaz resident of Tajpura Scheme.
The police said the two deceased men belonged to Malik Ehsan Mano group and had an old enmity with Saleem Zaidi Group, adding that the latter had murdered a member of the former in 2008. On the day of the incident, members of Saleem Zaidi group opened indiscriminate fire on Malik Ehsan group killing two and injuring passers-by Irfan, Zafar Iqbal, Muhammad Arshad, Safdar, Ayesha Saddique and Saima sustained bullet wounds, adding that five men had been arrested. Yet in another heinous incident a supervisor of a security company killed a 65-year-old security guard on demanding salary for Eid in the Factory Area police limits on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Muhammad Hussain, resident of Burewala in Vehari district. The victim had served at TAT Security Company as a security guard for few months and joined another company due to delays in salary. As the Eidul Azha was nearing, the victim visited the office of Abdul Razzaq, the supervisor of TAT Security Company, and demanded his remaining dues. The accused supervisor got furious on the issue, whipped out a gun and shot the old man dead on the spot. The locals captured accused security supervisor who was trying to escape from the crime scene.
BODY IDENTIFIED: Samanabad Investigation Police have identified the body of man, who was found dead in a sack on Monday near Third Rounabout, on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Saleem Ahmad, resident of Safanwala Chowk in Mozang. He had served in Saudi Arabi for 22 years and had returned last year. Some unidentified persons had subjected him to severe torture and had then killed him.
ROBBER ARRESTED: Hurbanspura police have arrested two accused robbers after encounter while the two others managed to escape near Kotli Peer Abdul Rehman on Tuesday. The arrested accused persons were identified as Danish and Ali Razzaq while their accomplices Farooq and Ibrar managed to escape. Police have also recovered illegal weapons cell phone and other valuables from their custody.