KARACHI: A local businessman was shot dead in a targeted attack on his car in Rizvia Society in the small hours of Saturday morning, police said.

SSP-Central Maroof Usman said that Mohammed Ibrahim, 62, was travelling in a chauffeur-driven car. When he reached Naya Golimar at after midnight, four armed assailants riding two motorbikes came closer and targeted him from a close range.

He suffered multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a post-mortem examination. The victim was the owner of a flour mill in Khwaja Ajmer Nagri.

The SSP said no spent bullet casing was found from the spot. He said investigators got some clues about the possible motive of the murder and they were working on it.

The deceased’s driver, Asif, told the police that motorcyclists were chasing them. The police obtained CCTV footage to ascertain the possible identity of the killers.

Published in Dawn, June 5th, 2022