KARACHI: A young man was shot dead during a fight of neighbours over some petty issue in Jamshed Quarters on Saturday evening, said police.

They added that Imran Khan, 28, was gunned down in a football ground in Patel Para. The police arrested one suspect identified as Qasim Ali.

Area SHO Javed Brohi said a scuffle broke out bet­ween neighbours over standing outside a home in a congested locality of Patel Para, which deteriorated into the murder. He said around 400 people gathered there were dispersed.

Published in Dawn, February 21st, 2021

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