By Imtiaz Ali in Dawn, October 9th, 2023
KARACHI: A policeman was shot dead by unidentified persons when he was returning home after visiting a graveyard on the outskirts of the city on Sunday, police and his relatives said.
The SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area police said Sub-Inspector Amir Ali, 52, who was in plain clothes, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen ‘due to unknown reasons’ near Chakar Hotel on the M-9 motorway…..
Talking to reporters, SSP-East Syed Irfan Bahadur said that the victim was armed and the killers also took away his pistol.
He said that a spent bullet casing found from the crime scene had been sent to the police’s forensic science lab while geofencing of the area was also being carried out.
He opined that apparently the officer was killed by robbers over resistance.
“We are investigating the case from different angles to ascertain whether it’s a robbery-related incident or targeted killing,” the SSP said…….
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