October 30, 2008	Thursday	Shawwal 30, 1429

KARACHI, Oct 29: The bullet-riddled bodies of two persons were found dumped in a sports ground in Landhi area on Wednesday morning.

Police said that empty bullet casings and cellphones were found close to the bodies. In addition, a motorcycle was found to be parked nearby.

The deceased were identified as Imran, 28, and Abdul Rehman, 30. They were residents of Korangi and Malir, respectively.

The Landhi police claimed that both the victims were actually dacoits, wanted in over a dozen criminal cases in different police stations of the city.

They said a dispute over the distribution of booty among associates might have led to the killings.

The two bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a postmortem examination.

Activist killed

An activist of Sunni Tehrik was gunned down by unknown persons in Azizabad late on Tuesday night.

Police said that ST sector convener Mohammad Waseem, 33, was sitting near a private school in Husainabad area when unknown persons on a motorcycle appeared and opened fire on him.

They said the victim suffered multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot.

The victim’s body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal formalities.

According to the spokesman for the party, Muhammad Waseem was visually impaired. Police have registered an FIR on the complaint of the victim’s brother.

The locality has been under the grip of tension since the drive-by shooting on Tuesday night.

The victim’s funeral prayers were offered in Azizabad and later he was laid to rest at the Mewashah graveyard.

Driver killed

A coach driver was killed by unknown persons in Malir area on Wednesday.

Police said that Muhammad Latif, driver of the Marwat Coach, was sitting at a roadside hotel in the jurisdiction of the Malir City police station when unknown persons riding a motorcycle sprayed him with bullets.

The victim died on the spot. His body was shifted to the JPMC for a postmortem examination.

Police described the incident as a case of personal enmity.

Man falls to his death

An elderly man died after falling off the roof of his house in Saudabad area. Police said that the victim was reportedly monitoring construction work on the first floor of the house when he overbalanced and fell to his death on the ground.

Students held

Police baton-charged students who had blocked the main road in front of Islamia College and arrested six of them.

Peaceful protests over the Islamia Complex controversy had been taking place for the past few days, but on Wednesday the students blocked the arterial M.A. Jinnah Road.

The six students were arrested under Sections 147 (Punishment for rioting) and 148 (Rioting with deadly weapon) of the Pakistan Penal Code.

Clash

A clash between two groups residing in a Gulistan-i-Jauhar apartment complex plunged the area into tension.

Police said that the clash took place after an exchange of hot words between the two groups over the installation of a cable in Rabia City in Block 18.

Area people said that following the incident the armed rival groups took up positions against one another on the rooftops of the apartments, exchanging gunfire intermittently. They added that it was basically a turf war.

The Shah Faisal SP, Abdul Qayoum Pattafi, said that a dispute broke out between the two groups over the cable issue, but it had been amicably resolved.