The senior officer said that police`s forensic lab report had showed that the weapon used in the murder had not been used in other targeted 1(illing in Karachi. He said that a 30-bore pistol was rarely used in targeted 1(illings these days because hitmen generally preferred 9mm pistols.
The SSP-Central said according to eyewitness accounts the killers were youths who overtook the car being driven by Sabri from its left side.
As he pulled up, the bike-riders opened fire through the windscreen of the car, targeting specincally the gawwal.Saleem was still in a state of shock and the investigators expected to meet him to record his statement after he overcame the shock, he said.
Sharifabad police registered a case under Sections 302 (preme ditate d murder), 324 (manslaughter) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code as well as Section 7 of the AntiTerrorism Act, 1997 on the complaint of the victim`s brother, Azmat Fareed Sabri.
The police said that Section 324 was invoked when it emerged that a passer-by woman had also been wounded in firing.
The police also released the sketch of a suspect to media and sought help from the public in identifying the killer.
