KARACHI, Nov 27: The alleged negligence of police claimed the life of an injured at the Quaidabad police station on Saturday.

Police sources said that some bandits entered the house of Abdullah, 27, a junk dealer near Eidgah ground in Quaidabad. The bandits shot him and fled after Abdullah put up resistance. Abdullah was taken by the area people to the police station concerned to obtain a referral letter for a medico-legal officer.

The sources added that the police officials started inquiring details of the incident from Abdullah, while blood was oozing from his wound. When Abdullah fainted, he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

SHOT DEAD: A woman was killed by her cousin in Moosa Colony on Saturday. Police said Shabana had married Pervez and was living in a house in a shanty town of Moosa Colony in Gulberg police limits.

Her cousin, Liaquat Ali, came to her home and suspected Shabana of having an illicit relation with someone else. On suspicion, he killed Shabana and surrendered himself to the police. Shabana's body was shifted to a hospital for autopsy.

BODY FOUND: The body of a woman was found at an isolated place in Landhi. Her identity could not be established.

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