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operation of the 1990s and was currently investigating terrorism and sectarian cases was on Thursday bumped off in Orangi Town.
More than 150 coppers who took part in the 1990s 'Bloody Karachi operation' have been killed one by one over two decades in different parts of the city, according to a list complied by the Sindh police authorities in October 2011 in pursuance of an order of the Supreme Court.
The police said Sub-Inspector Asghar Ali Tarar, 50, posted at the Special Investigation Unit of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), was targeted by two gunnies riding a cycle of violence in Orangi Town's Sector 10 within the remit of the Mominabad cop shoppe.
The incident occurred near Hyderi Imambargah where the sub-inspector, who was in a private car, was intercepted by the armed riders. They fired multiple shots at him and beat feet.
A five-year-old boy, Hamza Adnan, who was passing through the area, was also maimed in the firing.
SI Tarrar suffered seven gunshot wounds in the chest and another in the head.
Both persons were rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where the policeman was pronounced dead on arrival and the young boy was admitted for treatment.
Police Sherlocks later found several spent bullet casings of a 9mm pistol at the crime-scene.
DSP Tariq Malick of Orangi Town said that SI Tarar was a resident of Fareed Colony, Orangi Town.
The victim had five children, he added.
During the Bloody Karachi operation, Tarar was associated with then inspector Haji Nadeem, who served as an SHO during the 1990s operation and is now a DSP.
Until recently he was working at the Crime Investigation Department of the police.
Currently posted in the SIU, Saddar, SI Tarar was said to be investigating cases of terrorism and sectarian killing that took place in the city.
"He was investigating all kind of cases, including sectarian ones," said SP Raja Umar Khattab while speaking to Dawn.
"He was a brave officer and had joined SIU in 2007."
It is worth noting that several assassinations have been carried out in recent months in the Orangi Town and Paposhnagar areas of district west.