KARACHI, May 26: A college teacher, who was shot at by unidentified bandits some days ago, succumbed to his wounds on Sunday, police said.

Munir Ahmed Arain, an associate professor at Jamia Millia College, was wounded in a robbery bid when he put up resistance at the campus on May 16, said Senior Investigation Officer Ghulam Abbas of Al Falah police station.

The injured teacher was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he was operated upon. A team of doctors removed two bullets from his body.

After undergoing the operation, he got a case (FIR No 103/2008) registered under Section 397/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code. He informed the police that two unidentified youths had robbed him of Rs15,000 and shot at him when he put up resistance.

However, the SIO said, his condition deteriorated and he died at the hospital on Sunday.

The deceased leaves three children and a widow who took the body to Nawabshah for burial.

Police had recovered a pistol used in the offence from the crime scene, but remained unable to arrest the assailants so far. —PPI