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Woman found shot dead

By Our Staff Reporter 2014-02-03
KARACHI: A woman was found shot dead while a man was wounded in the Baghdadi area of Lyari on Sunday, the police said.

They added that 25year-old woman identified as Zulekha was found shot dead near the DCTO School. A 30-year-old man, identified as Sohail, was also found there with a critical bullet wound.

The deceased and the wounded were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi.

The SHO of the Baghdadi police station, Aslam Dahiri, said the victims had a single bullet wound on their heads.

The girl`s relatives lived abroad in the Middle East and so far they had not approached the police, theofficial added.

The man was not in the condition to give his statement, the SHO said.

Suspect killed A suspect was shot dead in an `encounter` jointly carried out by the police and Rangers in the Baghdadi area of Lyari early on Sunday, the police said.

They added that the law-enforcement agencies conducted a targeted raid in Edu Lane at around lam on the hideout of alleged gangsters, which resulted in the exchange of fire from both sides. A suspect identified as Illahi Bux was killed in the encounter, the police added.

The Baghdadi SHO claimed that the deceased was a gangster belonging to the Ghaffar Zikri group.