KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested seven suspects, who were seen in a viral video attacking two occupants of a car in the Boat Basin area.

The viral video showed a four-by-four vehicle bumped against an Alto car at Boat Basin. As seen in the video, several armed men got off the vehicle and began hitting Barkat Soomro and his friend, Waqas.

According to the police, the incident took place on Feb 19 at 3am. With the help of the CCTV footage of the scene, the police were able to identify the suspects and conduct raids to arrest them after Mr Soomro, an office-bearer of the Sindh Peoples Youth, lodged an FIR with the Boat Basin police station.

DIG-South Syed Asad Raza said police “raided two different places and arrested seven guards,” adding that “modern weapons” had been recovered from their possession.

He said that the recovered weapons were being examined to see whether they had licences.

He said that prime suspect was identified as Shahzain Marri, a grandson of late Nawab Khair Bux Marri. He said he had fled to Balochistan, but the police managed to seize the vehicle which was not registered in his name.

They said that investigators had already contacted the Balochistan government to arrest Marri, while operations were also underway to arrest other people involved in the incident.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2025