KARACHI: A former police constable was shot dead by armed robbers when he resisted their robbery attempt in Baldia Town on Tuesday, police said.

They said that 37-year-old Muhammad Akhtar was heading home on a motorbike when he was intercepted by armed bandits, also riding on a motorbike, near Rana Ground.

Sensing danger, Akhtar tried to speed away but bandits opened fire. “He was shot in the head and died on the spot,” said an official at the Madina Colony police station.

He added that the victim was once associated with the Sindh police but had quit the law-enforcement agency and set up his own business some three years ago.

Human skulls found during excavation

Two human skulls were found when labourers were excavating land for some industrial construction.

A Mochko police official said that a factory unit had engaged some labourers for digging an open plot for further expansion of its facility producing blankets and quilts.

“Today, two of the labourers while digging the land off Masjid-i-Ibrahim found two human skulls buried several feet under the ground,” he said.

Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2022