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KARACHI, May 1: An under trial prisoner died in mysterious circumstances in Landhi Jail and his body was taken to a hospital on Saturday morning for autopsy.
The police said that Asif, 24, was handed over to the Super Market police in Liaquatabad by his father Ashiq Hussain after he was fed up with his son's drug addiction on April 11. The police, after arresting Asif in a drug case on the same day, sent him to Landhi jail subsequently through a court order.
The jail police told doctors at the Civil Hospital that Asif died at around 9.20pm on Friday. He was brought to the CHK at 9am on Saturday. The family also accompanied the police.
The jail police tried to force the medico-legal officers on duty to issue death certificate without performing the autopsy. The doctors refused to issue the death certificate without conducting autopsy, which led to exchange of hot words between the jail police and the MO. The Risala police were informed, who reached the CHK emergency ward. The cause of death was reserved after the post-mortem examination till the receipt of histopathological tests and chemical examination.
SHOT DEAD: A man shot dead his tenant over a rent dispute in Quaidabad on Saturday, police said.
Abdul Razzak, who had rented out his shop to Rahim Dad, some years back, allegedly developed a dispute over rent with his tenant, who delayed the rent payment and later asked him to settle the dispute. The matter between the two could not be solved and lingered on. On Saturday, the police said that both exchanged hot words after which Razzak shot dead Rahim, 55, with his pistol.
Having killed the tenant, the police said the shop owner, Razzak, 43, surrendered himself at Quaidabad police station. The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for autopsy. Later, the deceased's son, Amjad Khan, got a murder case registered against Razzak.
WOMAN KILLED: A woman was stabbed to death by her husband on suspicion of infidelity at their house in Landhi on Saturday.
Police said that the Abdul Hameed, resident of area 4-D, Landhi No.6, married Saeeda, 28, some ten years back. The childless couple had frequent arguments as Hameed suspected his wife of infidelity.
The arguments between them turned violent on Saturday, which infuriated Abdul Hameed, who stabbed his wife with a knife, the police added.
Saeeda was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The police arrested Hameed and registered a murder case against him.
BODY FOUND: The bullet-riddled body of a man was found behind the Murshid Hospital in Saeedabad police limits on Saturday.
The police said that the body was shifted to a hospital for autopsy, where he was identified as Qadir Bux, 30, resident of Lyari. The police could neither ascertain the motive of killing, nor any clue to the killers.
A cousin of the deceased, Mohammad Siddique, got a case registered with the police against unknown killers.
