KARACHI: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two suspects in connection with the assault on a young man in DHA Phase 8.

Four suspects — Ibrahim Fahad, Waqar, Ibrahim Malik and Irtiza — have been nominated in a case pertaining to kidnapping and torture of another youth, Syed Ali Jafri.

South DIG Syed Asad Raza told Dawn that suspects Ibrahim Fahad and Waqar had been arrested.

According to the DIG, the incident reportedly stemmed from a dispute involving a girl.

According to the FIR, registered at the Sahil police station in the early hours of Saturday, complainant Jafri stated that on Aug 29 he and his friend had gone to an e-gaming facility in Bukhari Commercial, where his friend’s acquaintance also joined them.

He said he had never met the acquaintance before. The three later went to a nearby cafe and, upon leaving, were approached by a vehicle that stopped in front of them. A man, whom Jafri identified as another acquaintance of his friend, then stepped out of the vehicle.

The man struck Jafri on the neck with a baseball bat, after which the friend’s acquaintance and “three unknown persons” accompanying him allegedly shoved the complainant into the vehicle and took him to an empty plot at Sahil Avenue in Phase 8, the FIR alleged.

He further alleged that he was beaten on his legs with the baseball bat and that his hair was pulled, causing some of it to come out. He was then asked to “eat them”, the FIR said.

Jafri said one of the unknown individuals was carrying a gun and that the attackers recorded a video of the assault. According to the FIR, he was shown pictures of his family members and threatened with similar action against them if he complained about the incident.

Jafri said he was taken back to Bukhari Commercial in the same vehicle. The complainant also alleged that the suspects demanded Rs30,000 from him. By the time he reached home, he said, one of the individuals involved had already informed his family about the incident.

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2026