At least five people were killed in different incidents of violence in the city during last 24 hours, police and rescue sources said. A security guard was gunned down on personal enmity in Gulshan-e-Maymar area in the limits of Gulshan-e-Maymar police station. The deceased was identified as Asghar Brohi, son of Usman Brohi. Police said the deceased was shot dead by his brother Rasheed Brohi and cousin Hanif Brohi.
The victim was the resident of Abbas Goth and deployed at Garden City as private security guard in Gulshan-e-Maymar area. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for medico legal formalities. In another incident two men were shot dead in Baldia Town No 2 in the jurisdiction of Site B police station. Police said the deceased were identified as Muhammad Rasheed 23, and Shahnawaz 28. They said both victims were sitting outside the house, where armed men riding motorcycles opened indiscriminate firing as a result both received multiple bullet wounds. They succumbed to injuries at hospital. The bodies were handed over to the heirs after medico legal formalities.
A eight-day old decomposed body of a eunuch was found from a drain near Saba Cinema in the limits of New Karachi Industrial Area police station. The identity of the deceased could not be ascertained till filing of this report. The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. A man was gunned down near Inquiry office Nazimabad while two others sustained injuries in the limits of Rizvia police station. The deceased and injured were identified as Shahab 27, son of Nawab and Iftikhar, respectively.
Police said the deceased Shahab and Iftikhar were attacked by armed men near Inquiry Office as a result both received bullet wounds. They were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) for treatment where Shahab succumbed to his injures during treatment.