KARACHI: Investigators on Monday launched a probe into the targeted killing of Inspector Javed Abro, who was gunned down in his Steel Town home on Sunday evening.

Karachi police chief Azad Khan told Dawn that an investigation team, headed by the SSP-Malir, had been formed. “So far, we are investigating with an open mind and considering all angles,” he said.

The funeral prayers of Inspector Abro were held at the police headquarters in the Garden area late on Sunday night.

Speaking on the occasion, the slain officer’s son, Hammad Abro, said his father had been following his usual routine and was sitting in the lawn, having tea after watering the plants, when an armed assailant emerged from the bushes and opened indiscriminate fire on him.

He said his younger brother was inside the house at the time. On hearing gunshots, he came outside, where the assailant also fired at him, but he escaped unhurt.

He said police personnel had been deployed to provide security to his father, but his father had allowed them to take leave about a week earlier. He added that his father used to move around alone. He demanded that the killers be traced and arrested.

Published in Dawn, November 10th, 2026