KARACHI: Man dies in road accident

Published February 28, 2003

KARACHI, Feb 27: A young man died in a road accident in Malir on Thursday.

The police said Mohammed Ali, aged 45, was knocked down by an unknown vehicle in Murad Memon goth. He died instantly. The driver of the vehicle sped off. The body was sent to the JPMC for post-mortem.

DIES: A 10-year-old boy died when he fell into a drain in SITE on Thursday.

ARRESTED: The police arrested two suspects during snap check on I. I. Chundrigar Road on Thursday and recovered two pistols and a stolen motorcycle from their possession.

The Civil Lines police arrested Allah Bakhsh and Amir Hasan while they were riding a stolen motorcycle (KAV-4411) and recovered two pistols from their possession.

The SHO Civil Lines police station said the two suspects belonged to Balochistan and had been involved in the past in stealing and hijacking motorcycles.

They sold off motorcycles in Balochistan.

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