KARACHI: Two men were gunned down in as many incidents in the city on Thursday, police said.

Shahrah-e-Noor Jahan police said a shopkeeper, identified as 60-year-old Ghulam Mohammed, was shot dead in North Nazimabad, Block-U, Dir Colony.

Central SSP Zeeshan Shafiq Siddiqi ruled out the possibility of a robbery bid behind the murder as he said that during the initial probe, it had transpired that the shopkeeper was gunned down by a drug peddler, identified as Tati Khan.

The SSP said that some days ago, a quarrel had taken place between the victim and the said drug peddler as the former had prevented the latter from taking narcotics near his shop. The police had reasonable doubts that he was involved in the murder, he added.

The deceased was father of four children and originally hailed from Swabi.

In a separate incident, a man was gunned down while another wounded in the SITE area.

SITE-A police said that Sher Khan, 35, was shot dead while Irfan Fazal, 30, was wounded at Pathan Colony. The police attributed personal enmity behind the murder. The body and wounded were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Suspect held

Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a suspect who shot dead his sister and her husband over ‘love marriage’ in the Moachko area recently.

Keamari SSP (Investigation) Tauheed Rehman Memon said Javed and his wife Deedar were gunned down while the couple’s infant daughter was wounded on April 7. The couple had married with their free consent four years ago and were living in Rais Goth.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2024

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