KARACHI: A man was shot dead by robbers near a restaurant in Gulshan-i-Iqbal early on Monday morning, police said.

They added that the unknown robbers resorted to firing when a private security guard of the restaurant challenged them at Kala Board bus stop in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Block-11.

Area SHO Meraj Anwar said two or three robbers arrived at the restaurant where some people were sitting. They snatched a cell phone from one of the customers at gunpoint. When the guard raised alarm, the criminals started firing and the guard returned fire.

In the exchange of firing, a bullet fired by one of the robbers hit a man who was sitting at his nearby paan cabin. He suffered a single bullet wound in the neck and died on the spot. He was identified as Ahsan Yaqub, 40.

The SHO said that there was chaos when a police patrol reached the scene so it could not be ascertained as to whether the robbers looted people or fled without any loot.

The body was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre to fulfil medico-legal formalities.

Two shot by robbers over resistance

In Gulshan-i-Maymar, robbers shot at and wounded 35-year-old Waseem Irfan over resistance on Monday morning.

The SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area police said the incident took place near Diamond City. The wounded was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for treatment.

In another incident, a 47-year-old man, identified as Ghulam Mustafa, was shot at and wounded by armed muggers when he put up resistance to them in Sector 50-A in Korangi.

The Zaman Town police said that the wounded man was taken to a hospital, where his condition was stable.

Published in Dawn, May 2nd, 2023