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15 January 2005 Saturday 04 Zilhaj 1425






KARACHI: Three shot dead

By Our Staff Reporter


KARACHI, Jan 14: Bullet-riddled body of a woman was found in a gunny bag in airport police limits on Friday. Nusrat Chaudhry, 35, was the mother of two and had been associated with social work in Jauhar Square in Gulistan-i-Jauhar , the police said and added that she had gone to the Lines Area on Thursday, for settling a dispute over a plot in her family.

She did not return home and her sister received an anonymous call on Friday. The unknown caller told her sister that the body of Nusrat had been lying in a ground. The police reached the spot and sent the body to hospital where doctors said that she had received a bullet in her head.

Police said three brothers-in-law of Nusrat's brother were named in the FIR, lodged by victim's sister. Another bullet-riddled body of a youth was found in a gunny bag in Landhi. The hands and feet of the youth had been tied with a rope.

Police said the body was found near Dhobi Ghat in Landhi No.4. The body was sent to a hospital for autopsy where doctors said the man had received four bullets. He was later identified as Ishitiaq Kareem, 30, a worker in the jewellers' market in Mithadar.

KILLED: A father of two was shot dead in front of his home in small hours of Saturday. Police said that Nadeem Yaqoob, 35, was sitting in front of his house when unidentified assailants shot at him and fled. The victim died on the spot. His body was sent to a hospital for autopsy. Nadeem was an employee in the education department.


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