KARACHI, July 13: A cyclist was killed and two policemen got injured when a fast-moving water tanker hit them near the Defence turning on Korangi Road here on Friday morning.
The water tanker (SI-5021) and a dumper truck (TKL-174) were trying to overtake each other when a policeman, Aijaz, signalled them to stop. Instead the water tanker hit the policeman and his colleague Amjad Pervez and knocked down a cyclist along the road. One of the police personnel is said to be seriously injured.
The cyclist, later identified as Bakht Rehman, died on the spot. The police arrested the dumper truck driver, Ziaur Rehman, but the tanker driver sped away.
In another accident, a motorcyclist, identified as Pervez Feroz, 45, died after being hit by a vehicle on the Native Jetty bridge. The body was sent to a hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Businessman killed
A businessman, Nadeem Umar, 35, was shot dead by a gunman at the victim’s home in 100-quarters Korangi on Friday morning.The victim’s wife, Saima, lodged a case with the police. She said that a man knocked at their door in the morning and as she opened the door, he entered and called out her husband.
According to her, after a brief conversation, the man pulled out a pistol and opened fire on Nadeem. He then fled. Police suspect some business conflict to be behind the killing. However, they could not find a clue to the killer immediately.
Body found
The body of a three-year-old boy was found on the Malir riverbed in Shah Latif police limits here on Friday.
Police said that Dileep Daud had gone missing a day earlier and the parents, who lived along the river, were looking for their boy. The police believed that the boy fell from a high place and received fatal injuries to the head. It did not appear to be a murder case, the police claimed. However, investigations are under way.
