KARACHI, March 5: Three young men died in separate traffic accidents in different parts of the city on Wednesday.
Police said an 18-year-old boy, identified as Imran, was riding his motorcycle (KAD-818) when a speeding water tanker knocked him down in Korangi No 6. The boy died on the spot. His body was shifted to Jinnah Hospital for postmortem.
Police claimed to have arrested the driver and impounded the vehicle.
In another accident, a young boy was knocked down by a speeding passenger coach in Qasba Colony late Tuesday night.
Police said that Naimat Zaman, aged 13, was crossing the road when the Safari Coach hit him. The injured was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The coach driver escaped.
An unidentified man died in another traffic accident in Site on Wednesday. Tahir Mahmood, the driver of a tanker (LSA-3606), aged 30, suffered fatal injuries when his vehicle overturned near Haroonabad. He was taken to the Civil Hospital where he died during treatment.
BODY FOUND: The body of an unidentified man, in his 20s, was fished out from the sea beneath the Native’s Jetty Bridge on Wednesday. The body was shifted to the Edhi Morgue for identification following a postmortem examination at the Civil Hospital.
ARRESTED: Police arrested three suspects on the University Road and recovered three pistols from their possession on Wednesday night.
A police party signalled a car to stop near Sunday Bazaar in Gulshan-i-Iqbal. The occupants of the car tried to escape and the police intercepted the
vehicle after a brief chase.
The occupants of the car surrendered themselves to the police.
They were identified as Ashar Siraj, Mohammad Farooq and Kashif. The police were busy in verifying the status of the car (AB-9314).
FIRE: Fire broke out in a religious seminary — Madressah Iqra Taleemul Quran — in Korangi No 5 on Wednesday, police said. No injuries were reported, however.
A spokesman for the fire department said that the fire was probably caused by an electrical short-circuit.
In another incident, the godown of a garment shop was gutted in Hydri Market on Wednesday morning.
A spokesman for the fire department said that five fire-tenders extinguished the blaze in the godown of Rubina
Mahal in two hours. No injury was reported, but the fire damaged the property considerably.
ROBBERIES: Three armed men entered the house of Shabbir Husain in Gizri and took away ornaments and cash (amount not specified) at gunpoint.
In Liaquatabad, Shahid reported to the Super Market police that two unidentified men took away Rs25,000 from him at gunpoint.
In Moachko, Rahim, a cattle pen owner, reported that some unknown persons took away four buffaloes from his pen late Monday night.
