Eight killed in separate incidents

KARACHI - Eight persons killed in separate incidents here on Wednesday. According to details, a person killed by his brothers over the property dispute in the limits of Quaidabad police station. Sahair Muhammad, 43, father of five children had dispute of his father's house with his brothers Muhammad Akhter and Siraj. Akhter and Siraj were reached at Sahair's house and opened fire after an exchange of words and managed to flee. Sahair was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Police said that there was a dispute of Rs 2,50,000 on which bothers fought with each other and the incident took place. However police have registered an FIR against Siraj and Akhter. Meanwhile, a decomposed body of a young boy was found from the jurisdictions of Baghdadi police station. The body was taken to Civil Hospital where the deceased was identified as Muhammad Kashif, 19, resident of Shah Baig Lane who went missing a day earlier and found on Wednesday morning. Police suspected that the deceased had some connection with the Lyari gangs therefore culprits have abducted him before killing. Police registered an FIR against the unknown culprits. In another incident, a body of a young boy was found from Sea View, Clifton beach, Canteen Number 1. The body has yet to be identified. It was taken to the morgue after autopsy. Another identified body of an old man was found from Musa Colony, Kareemabad in Sharifabad police precincts. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed hospital. A teenage boy was crushed to death near Bath Island in Boat Basin police limits. Umar Hayat, 16, was crossing the road when a speedy coach hit him. The boy was taken to JPMC hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. While the police arrested the bus driver but did not registered the case till the filling of the report because talks between victim's family and driver was underway. In another road accident, Yousaf Plaza police arrested Imdad Ali, a driver of the private coach (AND-1784), when he tried to escape after hitting an unknown young boy at Rashid Minhas road. The body was taken to the morgue after autopsy. Similarly two other passer-by were hit by a speedy coach here at Super Highway in Sachal police precincts which injured Nazar Muhammad and Imran. Both the victims were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors pronounced Nazar dead. Another unknown bystander had faced death here at University Road in Gulshan police limits. The unknown vehicle hit him and fled while he was taken to the hospital where he died. While police registered an FIR against unidentified driver and sent the body to the morgue after medical examination.

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