KARACHI, Nov 30 Three young men were killed and their fourth companion was injured in a car crash in Malir in the early hours of Monday, police said.

They said that the accident occurred when a fast-moving Suzuki Cultus car, in which four young men were seated, went out of the driver's control, overturned and rammed into an electric pole in Moinabad near Liaquat College within the remit of the Saudabad police station.

The police said that a front tyre of the fast-moving car burst before it overturned and rammed into the electric pole. Three occupants - Rehan, Wasif and Danish - died on the spot while the fourth one, Kamran, suffered injuries and was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.

According to the victim's relatives, they were returning from a farmhouse in Gadap Town and met with the fatal accident in Malir. Wasif and Danish lived in Malir while Rehan resided in Liaquatabad.

The bodies were shifted to the JPMC for legal formalities.

MQM worker shot dead

An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Orangi Town late Sunday night.

Police said that Syed Muhammad Javed, 25, was sitting outside his house in Qureshi Market, Sector 11 ½, Orangi Town when the assailants riding a motorcycle came and fired at him.

The victim suffered multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot. The police said that the victim's brother, Basit, lodged a case (FIR 338/2009) under Sections 302 (premeditated murder) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) against Kalam and Kashan. He told the police that he saw the two suspects, armed with Kalashnikov, fleeing from the scene.

Bullet-riddled body found

The body of a young man was found in a garbage dump in a Lyari area within the remit of the Baghdadi police station on Saturday, police said.

They said that the victim, later identified as Fatah Mohammad, suffered 15 bullet wounds in the head, chest, abdomen and legs.

They said that the victim, a resident of Pak Colony, did not enjoy a good reputation in the area and had a criminal background. He used to spend his time with members of a Lyari gang.

Baghdadi SHO Shabbir Haider said that a case (FIR 356/2009) has been registered under Sections 302 and 34 of the PPC on behalf of the state against unknown suspects.