A former office-bearer of the Awami National Party died after he reportedly jumped from the fourth floor of a building to escape arrest during a raid conducted by the Rangers in Rabia City, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, early Sunday morning, police said."What was that he said before he jumped?"
"He said 'You'll never take me alive, coppers!'"
"Hmmm... Y'know, he was right."
Following the incident, tension gripped different areas, including Gulistan-i-Jauhar, Safoora Goth, Pehlawan Goth, University Road, Lasbela and Patel Para, where some armed men fired into the air compelling traders to pull down shutters.
"Arrr! Close yer shops to show support or we'll kill the lot of yez!"
Heavy contingents of police and Rangers were deployed in the localities, but the situation remained tense during the day.
"Calling all cars! Calling all cars! Gun sex in Rabia City!"
The police claimed to have arrested two men for the firing that they said left at least three people wounded.
"Step away from the guns witcher hands up! And put out those cigarettes!"
While Additional IG Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh said Bangash died after he jumped from the building to avoid arrest
"Yep. That's what he did. I seen it!"
Sindh ANP Secretary General Bashir Jan, who had reservations over the police version, said the body was swollen indicating that he had been administered poison.
"Quick, Officer Chaudry! While nobody's looking, administer this iocaine powder and throw him out the window!"
"Hey! I don't...!"
"Shuddup, you! Open yer mouth wide!... Wider!"
Doctors at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, where the body was shifted, reserved a post-mortem report and sent a sample to a lab for a chemical examination.
"Doctor Quincy! Pick up the white courtesy phone!"
"The deceased had a criminal record as he was involved in several cases of crime, including that of targeted killing," said the acting city police chief, Shabbir Shaikh.
"Sounds like he was a pretty bad guy, huh?"
"Just another Karachi alderman."
He added that Liaquat Bangash had been arrested in the past also.
"Put down the heavy weapons and step away witcher hands up, Alderman!"
On Sunday morning, law-enforcers came under fire when they tried to raid the Rabia City residential complex, the officer said, explaining that the law-enforcers then cordoned off the area. Finally as they entered an apartment, he said, Liaquat Bangash tried to escape by jumping from the building but fell to the ground and died.
Jumped out the window and fell to the ground? That doesn't usually happen, does it?
Initial port-mortem findings showed multiple fractures of the rib-cage as the cause of death, the officer said.
"What do you think, Doctor Quincy?"
"I think he looks like an asterisk, Sam."
Following the autopsy, the body was shifted to Pehlawan Goth for funeral. A large number of people attended the funeral prayers.
"Jeez! I never seen a coffin that wide!"
Sindh ANP Secretary General Bashir Jan said that Liaqauat Bangash had remained a district and
Mr Jan said that Bangash was brought in a critical condition to a private hospital in Gulistan-i-Jauhar but was then referred to the JPMC, where he was pronounced dead.
He quoted party workers as saying that the body was swollen, which, according to them, indicated that he had
been poisoned. He then quoted hospital sources as saying that there were marks of rope on his hands and neck and the rib cage was broken.