A 38-year-old man from Hyderabad was shot dead near the Yasinabad nullah, a drain or stormwater channel, in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal area, and police have classed the death as suspicious. Police identified the victim as Furqan, son of Zafar, who was travelling by car with two friends when he was hit by gunfire. Officers have begun questioning both friends, who were in the car at the time.
What the police have said
Gulshan-e-Iqbal station house officer Muhammad Saud said Furqan was with his friends Asif and Waqas, and that the three were heading towards Aisha Manzil when unidentified suspects allegedly opened fire. Furqan was hit by a bullet below one eye. He was taken to Sindh Government Hospital Liaquatabad, where doctors confirmed that he had died.
Police said Furqan was a father of four who ran a school uniform business and often travelled to Karachi for work. He was from Lateef Abad No. 8 in Hyderabad.
Why the Yasinabad case is treated as suspicious
Police said the spot where the friends said the shooting happened had no shell casing and no bloodstains. Because of this gap, the case is being examined from several angles rather than accepted as the friends described it. Early information had linked the killing to resistance during a robbery, but the investigation has not settled on that account.
The jurisdiction of the incident was also unclear late into the night. Officers from the Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Johar Abad police stations each said the spot lay within the other's area, and the boundary had not been fixed. Police said the inquiry is continuing, and no suspect has been named so far.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Karachi ke Yasinabad ilaqe mein firing se Hyderabad ke 38 saal ke Furqan ki maut ho gayi. Police is waqiye ko mushkook keh rahi hai aur un ke do doston se poochh gucch kar rahi hai. Abhi tak yeh saaf nahi hua ke asal mein kya hua tha, is liye tehqeeqaat jari hain. Karachi aur Hyderabad ke darmiyan safar karne walon ke liye yeh khabar raaste mein hifazat ka khayal rakhne ki yaad dilati hai.
