KARACHI: Three men were killed and six others hospitalised after allegedly consuming toxic liquor in Nazimabad on Monday, police said.

The Rizvia Society police said that the condition of nine men deteriorated after they drank moonshine in Block 3. They were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where doctors pronounced Junaid Saeed, 32, Mohammed Rizwan, 50, and Amir Ghani, 25, dead.

The police said they died during treatment.

The six others, identified as Sultan Masih, 33, Asad, 28, Joyce, 26, Sheron, 40, Abid, 40, and Jaisperson, 30, were admitted for treatment.

The deceased and the affected individuals were residents of Nazimabad No 1 and adjoining areas.

The police claimed to have arrested a suspect, Adnan Ihsan, from Peshawari Chapal Street in Nazimabad No 1, for allegedly supplying the liquor to the victims. They claimed to have recovered 19 bottles of liquor from his possession.

Officials said that the alleged bootlegger had purchased the liquor from various locations and raids are being carried out to apprehend others involved in the “reprehensible trade”.

They said further information was being gathered to initiate legal proceedings against those involved in the illegal trade.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2026