KARACHI: The trussed-up body of a 60-year-old man was found dumped in a park in Malir on Thursday evening, according to police and rescue services.

Malir City police said that the body of the victim, later identified as Mohammed Ali, was found dumped in the Haji Usman Baghicha, near Bhawan Shah Mazar. His hands and legs were tied with rope, they added.

An Edhi Foundation volunteer who shifted the body to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre said marks of torture on it were visible.

Four wounded, held in ‘encounters’

Four suspected robbers were wounded and arrested in, what police claimed, ‘encounters’ in the metropolis on Thursday.

Site Superhighway Industrial Area police said that in an encounter that took place at Al-Noor Road near Jamia Al-Rasheedia, Scheme-33 two suspects were arrested. They said one of them, Amjad Umar, was wounded in the shootout. They identified his companion as Abdul Hafeez. The police claimed to have seized one pistol and a motorbike from them. Amjad Umar was shifted to a hospital for treatment, they said.

In the Korangi area, an alleged robber was wounded and arrested in an encounter, the area police claimed.

They said the encounter took place in Mehran Town, Sector-H/6. The suspect was identified as Abdul Kareem alias Kaka. His companion managed to escape, they said, adding that a pistol, its rounds and a motorbike were seized from him. He was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment under custody, the police said.

The Memon Goth police also claimed to have wounded and arrested two suspected robbers in an encounter near the Sui Gas Line locality. They identified the suspects as Abid Hussain and Bilal. Their companion managed to escape, the police said, and claimed to have seized two pistols with bullets, some snatched mobile phones, a car and an unspecified amount of money from them. The suspects were under treatment in custody as the JPMC.

Published in Dawn, May 5th, 2023