Unidentified armed persons Sunday morning gunned down the former council of ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the Guslitan-e-Jauhar police limits. According to police sources, 55-years old Juma Khan, son of Shaukat Khan was sitting at his hotel in the Juma Goth at 8:30 am, when two unidentified motorcyclists sprayed him with bullets and escaped from the crime scene.
Police said the deceased was an ex-Union Council councillor of UC-5, Juma Goth and belonged to the PPP. The victim succumbed to his injuries on way to the Patel Hospital near Disco Bakery and his relatives returned from half way without carrying out legal formalities, police added. The funeral prayer of the deceased was offered outside his house and he was buried at Afghani graveyard near Sohrab Goth, police added.
The enraged supporters of the PPP after the burial took to the street burnt tyres and tried to block Main University Road. According to eyewitnesses, the protesters set ablaze two cars parked at the Time Square Plaza and ransacked newly established bus shelters and traffic signals at the Nipa Chowrangi and nearby areas,
Panic gripped the area following the incident, as all the business activities in the area remained suspended. Police have registered a case in this connection and arrested three suspected persons so far and an investigation was underway. However, the petrol pumps and CNG station on the University Road from Nipa Chowrangi to Safora Goth remained closed. Meanwhile, Edhi sources claimed that enraged mob ransacked its Booth at Nipa and injuring two of its volunteers.
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