A known businessman was gunned down in the Ferozeabad police limits, a girl’s body, who was killed after being sexuall assaulted, was found in the Paposh police area and a trader was shot dead in Nazimabad in separate incidents in the city on Tuesday.
Aga Abid Sherazi, 52, was shot dead at around 9:15 am while he was parking his car at his office situated adjacent to Duty Free Shop, Baloch Colony Bridge, Ferozeabad police limits. Sherazi was a resident of Mohammed Ali Society.
Sherazi was rushed to Aga Khan Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. The deceased was a known businessman and running his office with the name Contractor Technologies.
Quoting eyewitnesses, police said that the suspect had parked his motorcycle at a short distance from the place of the incident and he came near the deceased on foot. However, another eyewitness said that the terrorists were two in number.
Sherazi used to come to his office at 9:20 to 9:30am and he was alone at the time of the incident. His office is situated on the first floor of the building with eight to 10 employees.
The deceased’s brother is the trustee of an Imambargah situated in Soldier Bazar police limits. A robbery was also attempted at his bungalow in Mohammed Ali Society sometime back; however, one suspect was killed and two others fled during an encounter with the police.
Investigators probing the case termed it a targeted sectarian killing.
Sherazi has left behind two daughters and a son.
Meanwhile, a trader was gunned down by armed men on Tuesday afternoon in an incident reported in the Nazimabad police limits.
Anwer Khan, 35, and his associate, Faiz Mohammed, were ambushed inside a plastic godown in Mohammedi Manzil, Nazimabad No-4. The former was killed in the attack, while the latter managed to survive.
Nazimabad SHO Jehanzeb said that the deceased was the owner of a plastic godown. On Tuesday afternoon, Khan was sitting in his office along with Mohammed when armed men barged inside the premises and opened fire. After injuring both men, the culprits managed to flee the spot.
The injured were rushed to the hospital where Khan was pronounced dead. The deceased had received a bullet in his face. Meanwhile, Mohammad, who received a bullet in his back, has survived the attack.
The deceased was a resident of Block-H, North Nazimabad and was married. Mohammed hails from Balochistan and was living in the godown for quite a few years. According to the victim’s family, they had an ongoing family feud and this might have led to Khan’s killing.
A case has been registered and investigation is under way.
In a separate case, the tortured body of an unidentified girl in her twenties was found from Paposh police limits. The police said that they received information that a body was lying near a drain situated in Ajab Khan Colony.
A patrolling mobile immediately rushed to the place and shifted the body to a hospital. During the post mortem it was found that the girl was sexually assaulted and brutally tortured. Later, she was strangulated and her body was dumped in the area by unknown culprits. A case has been registered and further investigation is under way.
