KARACHI, May 5: A bullet-riddled body stuffed in a gunny bag was found in an area near Jama Cloth Market on Saturday, police said.

“The body was found in a street called Dupattay Wali Gali,” said an official at the Aram Bagh police station. “The victim, with multiple bullet wounds and torture marks, remained unidentified as the body was shifted to the Edhi morgue after medico-legal formalities at the Civil Hospital for the want of identification.”

The Aram Bagh police, meanwhile, registered a case (FIR 135/2012) under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code against the unknown suspects on the behalf of the state.

Shopkeeper shot dead

A shopkeeper was shot dead in Railway Colony within the remit of the Jackson police station on Saturday, officials said.

They said two men on a motorbike came to see 40-year-old Abdullah Khan at his general store in Railway Colony. They had a brief chat with Abdullah before one of them pulled out a pistol and fired a single shot that hit him in the head.

“The victim died on the spot and the riders sped away,” said Inspector Zulfiqar Sammo, SHO of Jackson police station. “We have spoken to his family members who admitted of some enmity within the family. They also suspect one of their relatives.”

He said the case had not been registered as the family of the victim was still in a state of shock and busy in his burial arrangements.

Clueless

An employee of a private airline was shot dead near Dalmia in the wee hours of the day. The police remained clueless about the motive and people behind the incident as investigators ruled out any robbery attempt. They also denied the victim’s association with any political or religious group.

“The 58-year-old Javed Akhtar was driving towards his home situated in the Liaquatabad area,” said an official at the Shahrea Faisal police station. “He was fired at near Bahria graveyard on Stadium Road near Dalmia area. It’s not clear as to why he was targeted. The family also denies any enmity as the victim, according to them, was a simple family man with no political or other associations.”