KARACHI: A suspected gangster was shot dead while his minor son wounded in a gun attack in Kalakot in Lyari on Thursday night, the police said.

They added that Rasool Bux, 45, along with his four-year-old son Azan was sitting outside his home in Nawalane-10 when gunmen opened fire on them and fled, leaving them in wounded.

The victims were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, from where the relatives took away the body of the deceased without allowing doctors to fulfil medico-legal formalities, said a hospital official.

The condition of the minor boy was said to be out of danger.

The deceased was said to be an alleged member of the Taj Mohammed, alias Taju, gang, claimed Kalakot SHO Haji Sanaullah.

He said that the incident appeared to be an outcome of infighting between gang members over extortion.

Suspect shot dead in Hyderi

A suspect was shot dead and another wounded in mysterious circumstances in the Hyderi Market area on Thursday night, police said.

They added that two suspects were looting people at the Five Star Chowrangi when they were attacked by someone who escaped, leaving behind the two wounded suspects. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced Umair Hanif, 40, dead while Kashif Amirzada, 24, was admitted for treatment.

Hyderi Market SHO Nadeem Tanoli claimed that a motorbike, snatched in the Rizvia Society area on March 23, and two mobile phones, snatched from passers-by, were also found in their custody.

Body found

A young man was found shot dead in Korangi.

The police said the body had been recovered near a technical college. His hands and legs were also tied. Two spent cartridges fired from 9mm pistol were also found at the crime scene, which suggested that he was kidnapped, brought there and killed.

Published in Dawn, August 1st, 2014