A senior leader of Kutchi Rabita Committee (KRC), his security guard and a policeman were killed and three others injured on Sunday when unidentified assailants opened fire at them in Agra Taj Colony on Sunday night.
The deputy inspector general South told Pakistan Today that the KRC leader, Rasheed Kutchi, a builder by profession, went to inspect an under-construction building in Agra Taj Colony when eight attackers, riding motorcycles, opened fire on him.
Kutchi and his security guard Zubair died on the spot while a policeman Khalil, also wounded in the attack, succumbed to his injuries during treatment at the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK). Three others accompanying Kutchi were also injured.
The police official said a heavy contingent of police and Rangers has been deployed in Lyari to maintain law and order.
He said Kutchi was also a former employee of the Sindh High Court. He was running a construction company after his retirement.
Violence broke out in Lyari Town after the murder of the KRC leader. Unidentified people fired gunshots in different parts of the town.
A large number of KRC members reached the CHK and took their late colleague’s body to his home after autopsy.
Dawood Kutchi, another senior leader of the KRC, told Pakistan Today that the committee has announced a day of mourning on Monday (today) and requested traders to observe a shutter-down strike to protest the killing.
He said the KRC will decide its future course of action after the leader’s burial.