KARACHI, June 11: A 38-year-old man was shot dead and two others were wounded inside their house in Mowach Goth on Monday in what police described as an attack related to the gang warfare that had claimed five lives in the Mauripur area a day earlier.

The deceased was identified as Shahmir and the wounded victims as Ahmed Ali and Ali Mohammad, all hailing from Jacobabad, said an official at the Saeedabad police station.

It emerged during the initial investigation that the incident was linked to the Mauripur killings, he said, adding that the same gang could be behind the early morning attack.

Saeedabad SHO Chaudhry Irshad said that Mowach Goth was once known as the area dominated by the Razzak Commando gang, which was associated with the slain Rehman alias Dakait.

The SHO said the attack could have been carried out on the suspicion that the victims were supporters of the Arshad Pappu gang.

The body and both the wounded victims were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi for medico-legal formalities and treatment, respectively.

Nobody had turned up to lodge the case at the Saeedabad police station till Monday evening.

Army man killed

A sepoy was gunned down inside his home in Pakhtunabad within the remit of the PIB Colony police station late Sunday night, said officials.

Sepoy Waqar, son of Miskeen Ali, had recently arrived from Multan, where he was posted, to spend holidays at home, said PIB Colony SHO Nusrat Hussain Sheikh.

The officer added that two armed men entered his home, shot at him and fled. He was rushed to the PNS Shifa Hospital, where he died during treatment. The body was later shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination.

The police quoted his family as saying that the killing could be a result of some personal enmity.

A duty officer of the PIB Colony police station said that the family had not lodged the case till Monday night.

Following the killing, tension spread in some parts of the locality. Many shops in the area were not opened after the early morning attack. Other commercial activities were also partially suspended.

Police and Rangers were deployed in the area to avert an untoward situation.