Other victims include Shia scholar, two policemen, MQM activist

our correspondents
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
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Karachi

A father and son belonging to the Bohra community, a Shia scholar, two cops, and a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement unit in-charge were among 11 people murdered in the city, police said on Tuesday.

Thirty-eight-year-old Mustansar Al, a member of the Bohra community, and his eight-year-old son, Mustunisa, were gunned down near UP Morr in New Karachi.

Khawaja Ajmer Sub-Divisional Police Officer Chaudhry Mohammad Akhtar said Mustansur was returning home from Hyderi Market with his wife and son in a rickshaw at night when two men riding a motorcycle fired gunshots at them near Tayyaba Bakery.

The father and son suffered bullet wounds and expired at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. The police officer said the attackers sued a 9mm pistol.

Mustansur’s wife remained unhurt in the attack.

Shia scholar murdered

A Shia scholar, 45-year-old Syed Raza Rizvi, was shot dead outside his house in Gol Market, Nazimabad. SSP Central Amir Farooqi said Rizvi, the chairman of the Noorul Imaan Masjid in Nazimabad, was attacked by two men riding a motorcycle.

Rizvi was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he breathed his last. The police official said Rizvi was shot multiple times with a 9mm pistol.

Police investigators said Rizvi’s murder was sectarian in nature.

Two cops targeted

Two police constables, Mohammad Ali and Arif, were killed when some men opened fire on a police van near Landi Kotal Chowrangi in North Nazimabad.

SSP Amir Farooqi said Ali and Arif, who were posted at the Hyderi police station, were busy snap checking vehicles along with other policemen when they were attacked.

The two policemen were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries.

The SSP said the two men were shot several times. He added that nobody present at the crime scene was prepared to give a statement. “Some informants told the police that the attackers were travelling in a car and other said they were riding motorcycles.”

The police official said the attackers had used 9mm pistols and Kalashnikovs.

“During this year, 123 policemen have been murdered in Karachi,” he added.

MQM activist shot dead

Forty-year-old Rasheed alias Negro, an ex-unit in-charge of the MQM who had also served as a union council naib nazim , was shot dead at Ali Ahmed Hotel in Orangi Town Sector 11½.

Iqbal Market police said Rasheed was attacked by two men riding a motorcycle.

Rickshaw drivers killed

A rickshaw driver was killed by a garbage collector over a monetary dispute on Jigar Muradabadi Road in Jamshed Quarters.

Jamshed Quarters SHO Humayun Khan said 40-year-old Raees Ahmed was killed by Jamil.

The garbage collector struck Ahmed several times in the head with a stone, killing him on the spot.

“Jamil had lent some money to Rasheed and when the rickshaw driver refused to pay him back, the garbage collector killed him,” the police officer said.

He added that Jamil had been arrested a case was registered against him under Section 302.

Separately, Salahuddin, also a rickshaw driver, was killed and a passer-by injured when some men opened fire on them at Chakiwara Chowk in Purana Haji Camp.

Napier police said Salahuddin was a resident of Saeedabad, Baldia. The injured man was indentified as Adnan Aziz. The police added that the rickshaw driver might have been murdered over personal enmity.

Vegetable vendor killed

A vegetable vendor was killed near Kulsoom Hotel stop in New Karachi.

New Karachi Industrial Area police said 42-year-old Nasir Attari was heading towards Sabzi Mandi when two men fired gunshots at him. The police added that no evidence suggested that Attari was affiliated with any political or religious organisation.

Murder near Jauhar Morr

A man in his mid-20s was shot dead near Jauhar Morr in Gulistan-e-Jauhar at night. Police said he was targeted by two men riding a motorcycle. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained till the time this report was filed.

Body found

The body of a 60-year-old man was found on a bench at Malir Halt Railway Station.

Railway Cantt police said they identified the man as Muhammad Younus Siddiqui. They added that the Siddiqui was hit on the forehead with a heavy object.