KARACHI, Aug 15: Bodies of the five picnickers who had drowned off the Sea View beach on Sunday were washed ashore on Wednesday.
Police said the heirs took away the bodies without fulfilling the legal formalities as they were illegal Afghan immigrants.
Resident of Qayyumabad C-Area, the ill-fated revellers used to collect trash. On August 14, they decided to have fun but fell victim to the rough sea, said a duty police officer of the Darakhshan police station.
Initially 17-year-old Rizwan was swept away by a high tide. Hazarat Ali in an attempt to rescue his nephew also drowned. Similarly, his three friends Khan Muhammad, Mubin and Ali Muhammad attempted to save each other but they all drowned, police added.
Dacoit killed
A dacoit was killed while his two accomplices fled when a shopkeeper opened fire in what police descried as self- defence.
Police said three armed men barged into a gift shop in Block-3, Gulshan-i-Iqbal. As they tried to make the occupants hostage at gunpoint, the shopkeeper took out his 9mm pistol and opened fire. One of the suspects was shot dead while others fled. Police said the dacoit could not have been identified immediately.
