A 25-year-old man died on Wednesday when kite string sliced his neck open while he was on a motorbike on Multan Road in the Sabzazar Police precincts. Police said the man, named Mohammad Asif, was on his way to get medicine for his mother on his bike when he got entangled in kite string near Sabzi Stop and his neck was badly cut, killing him on the spot. The police said Asif’s mother was a heart patient and she was admitted to a local hospital and he had left the hospital to buy medicine for her.
Asif was the only brother of four sisters and was the family’s sole breadwinner since his father died. The Sabzazar Police station house officer said the body was moved to the morgue and a case had been registered.
ASI DIES IN ACCIDENT: A police assistant sub-inspector (ASI) died in an accident on Ferozpur Road in Kahna Police precincts on Wednesday. Police said ASI Rehmat and a fellow policeman were on their way to report for duty when their bike slipped and Rehmat’s head collided hard with the pavement. Both were rushed to a hospital nearby, where Rehmat succumbed to his injuries.
ALLEGED GANG LEADER KILLED: A 27-year-old alleged clan leader of the ‘Zaidi Party’ died in the hospital on Wednesday after getting shot in a gang ambush on November 1. The man, named Saleem Zaidi, and his gang had an old animosity with the ‘Malik Gang’ in the Sabzazar Police precincts. He was shot at a gang shootout at a local restaurant, in which two other men were also killed.