KARACHI: A man released on bail in a case pertaining to the killing of a minor boy after subjecting him to criminal assault last year was killed on Monday when he allegedly attempted to kidnap a girl in Surjani Town, officials said.

Police said Jehanzeb, 36, was handed over to police after being thrashed by the area people enraged over his attempt to kidnap a girl outside her home in Sector 7-C.

The police said the girl was being taken away when she cried drawing attention of the area people who got hold of the suspect. They gave him a good hiding and handed him over to the police, the officials said. The suspect was brought to the Surjani police station from where he was being transported to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital when he died, the police added.

Resident of New Karachi, Jehanzeb was allegedly involved in the criminal assault on and killing of the child last year, said Surjani SHO Naveed Nasir. He was arrested and sent to prison, the SHO said, adding that he had recently been released by a court on bail in the case.

Published in Dawn, December 23rd, 2014