KARACHI: A businessman was shot dead allegedly by his friend in Defence Housing Authority in the wee hours of Sunday morning, police said.

The Darakhshan police identified the victim as Humayun Muhammad Ali, 40, and said that suspect Fahad Khan managed to escape after the fatal shooting.

South DIG Syed Asad Raza said six friends met at an apartment in Block-9 late on Saturday night and Mr Ali became angry upon seeing suspect Fahad there.

The friends told the police that both the persons had some arguments a couple of months ago over a petty issue and they stopped talking and meeting with each other.

Police say suspected killer managed to escape

They said that they exchanged hot words and then Mr Ali slapped Fahad. Their friends intervened and tried to pacify them. Fahad went outside on the pretext of getting something and returned with a pistol and started firing. Mr Ali and another friend, Javed, suffered minor injuries and they both left the place in their vehicle.

The police said that Fahad chased them, intercepted their vehicle on Street 23 and then fired 11 shots from his 9mm pistol. Mr Ali suffered multiple bullet wounds and was taken to the South City Hospital by his friends, wife and sister where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Later, the body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where the family informed the doctors and the police that they did not want any post-mortem examination.

The DIG said the suspect fled and the police recovered his car from Khayaban-i-Muhafiz.

He said that a case was registered against him and further investigations were underway.

Body found in gunny bag

The body of a man, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found off National Highway on Sunday.

Police said that the body bore injury marks in the neck and it seemed that he was strangled. The corpse was taken to the JPMC for a post-mortem examination.

The police said that the deceased, who appeared to be in his late 20s, could not be identified till late in the night.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2024