KARACHI: A constable of the Federal Investigation Agency was found shot dead in a car parked on the Lyari Expressway on Sunday, police said.

SP-Jamshed Dr Fahad Ahmed said that the Motorway Police spotted the body in the car and informed the area police about it.

He said that the FIA personnel, identified as Muhammed Ali Khanzada, sustained a single bullet wound in the chest. He said that investigators collected a spent bullet casing from the vehicle.

It appeared that he was killed somewhere else and later the car and his body were abandoned at the expressway, he added.

Meanwhile, FIA Director (Sindh) Shahid Hayat told the media that the victim was posted at Karachi airport.

SSP-Investigation (East) Zulfiqar Mahar said that a forensic analysis of the vehicle was being carried out.

He added that the family of the victim had been contacted to get details of his movement.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination.

Published in Dawn, February 8th, 2016