KARACHI: The young manager of a fast-food restaurant at Seaview was shot at and wounded by armed men who ordered food during Sehri on Sunday, police said.

South SSP Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that Imran Ali, 32 suffered a bullet wound in the foot. He was shifted to the South City Hospital where his condition was stated to be stable.

He said that four suspects arrived at the driveway of McDonald in an SUV and asked for food. The staff told them that the time to serve food was over and they were having Sehri for themselves. As the staff asked them to leave, one of the suspects — who was reportedly intoxicated — got enraged, pulled out a rifle and started firing. One of the bullets hit the manager when he tried to come out to see what’s going on.

A case was registered at the Darakhshan police station under Section 324 (attempted murder) against unknown persons on the complaint of victim Ali. He stated in the FIR that the incident took place at around 4.45am. He said that the suspects escaped in their vehicle.

“The men involved have been identified through the number plate of their vehicle,” said the SSP, adding that the man who fired at the restaurant originally hailed from Balochistan and is a member of Rind community.

The SSP hoped that he would be arrested very soon.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2023