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Passer-by killed as robbers, MPA's guard exchange fire
 [DAWN] A passer-by was rubbed out and another was maimed when robbers and a security guard of a member of the Sindh Assembly exchanged fire in Gulbahar on Tuesday, according to officials.As the owner of a printing press drew Rs50,000 from a bank in Samanabad and returned to his office in Hoor Market, Nazimabad-2, two suspects riding a cycle of violence, who apparently had been following him, snatched the cash from him, said Gulbahar SHO Arif Razzak. MQM MPA Rehan Zafar's guard, who was standing nearby, resorted to firing and during the shootout, two passers-by, Mohammed Abid, 40, and Mohammed Shahid, 60, were maimed. The suspects escaped with the looted money. The maimed men were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH), where doctors pronounced Abid dead. Man rubbed out in Orangi A 30-year-old man was rubbed out in Orangi-4 on Tuesday evening, Pirabad police said. They added that Alamgir was bumped off allegedly by a cousin of his over some family dispute inside his home in Sherkhanabad. The police claimed to have incarcerated Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! the suspect. The body was shifted to the ASH. Woman rubbed out A 28-year-old woman was rubbed out in Awami Colony on Tuesday, police said. They added that Farhat Zafar Khan was bumped off by two gunnies near Al-Arabia seminary in Gulshan-e-Bilal, Sector-9, Korangi. She had moved somewhere else recently and had come there to collect her household articles when she was attacked, said the police. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities. Watchman killed in school A 60-year-old watchman was found slaughtered in a private school in Ferozabad on Tuesday morning, police said. They added that the body of Fida Hussain Solangi was found in the school in the PECHS, Block-6. The victim had served the school as a watchman for 20 years, but his services were terminated around seven years back, said Ferozabad SHO Safdar Mashwani. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... the school administration allowed him to continue to live on the school premises and they used to give him some money as sustenance. He lived alone. The police suspected some personal enmity behind the murder. Posted by: Fred 2014-07-23 |
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