KARACHI, June 2: A blood donor, who had died in the firing by law-enforcement agencies on some suspicion outside the Hussaini Blood Bank on Monday night, was laid to rest in a local graveyard on Tuesday night.

The victim, belonging to Ahle Sunnat, was identified as Zaheer Ahmed, 45. Father of five daughters and four sons, he earned his living by doing embroidery work. He was an elder brother of Nazeer Ahmed, an Edhi ambulance driver.

His funeral prayers were offered at Ghafooria Mosque, Soldier Bazaar. Among others, Maulana Aun Mohammad Naqvi also attended his funeral prayers. The victim's brother told Dawn that Zaheer Ahmed had gone to the blood bank on appeal for blood donation, which were being made by Edhi ambulances in Soldier Bazaar area.

He was heading towards the blood bank when law enforcers on some suspicion shot him dead. He could not be immediately identified. However, following the publication of his photograph in a newspaper next morning, his family identified him and asked the senior police officials to hand over his body to them. Later, his body was shifted to his residence in Soldier Bazaar, where area people in protest forced closure of shops and other businesses.