KARACHI: The city traffic police on Saturday announced the imposition of a ban on riding motorbikes without wearing helmet on Sharea Faisal in the first phase to be replicated on three other major roads in the second phase to prevent the growing incidents of death mainly caused by non-wearing of helmets.

The decision would be implemented immediately, said DIG Traffic Iqbal Dara.

Launching a special campaign on Sharea Faisal with other senior officers of the local police, the DIG said that around 90 per cent of deaths of motorbike riders were caused by non-wearing of helmets as they suffered serious wounds to their heads in accidents.

He said that in the first phase, they had launched the drive on Sharea Faisal, which would be extended to other roads such as Shahrah-i-Pakistan, Shershah Suri Road and M.A. Jinnah Road to control deaths.

Youth shot dead

A 21-year-old man was shot dead while another person injured when a private security guard opened fire on them over a trivial issue in the Korangi area on Saturday.

The Sharafi Goth police said that Asad Mehmood was killed while Farhan Ahmed, 38, injured by the guard, Ghulam Husain, near Singer Chowrangi. The guard opened fire on them after an exchange of hot words over some issue. The suspect was arrested with the weapon used in the murder.

The dead and the injured were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

Man held for killing wife

The Quaidabad police on Saturday arrested a man with his two friends for the killing of his wife over a week ago.

Investigation officer Zakirullah said that the body of the unidentified young woman stuffed in a gunny bag with her hands and legs tied was found on a garbage dump in Sherpao Colony on June 26. The corpse was around three days old when discovered.

The victim was stabbed and brutally tortured to death and her face was smashed. She was identified as Maryam Abbas, 25.

With the help of witnesses and neighbours, the police arrested her husband, Kalb-i-Abbas, and his two friends, Bakhtiar and Abdul Samad.

The suspect used to torture his wife and he tried to force her to have sexual relations with his friends. The officer said that on the night of June 23, the husband brought his friends to his home and forced her to have relations with them. As she refused, all the three suspects brutally tortured and murdered her and later on threw her body.

The officer said that the victim was “found” by a taxi driver, Mohammed Amir. He is a resident of Chakwal and has probably fled there. He “sold” the victim to Abbas who married her. All the held suspects were addicts who consumed the drug called ice.

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2021