KARACHl: A young man was shot dead by suspected robbers off Superhighway early on Saturday morning, police said.

The SITE-Superhighway Industrial Area police said that Abid Ramzan, 30, was shot at New Subzi Mandi near Jamali Pul by robbers when he put up resistance.

Area SHO Khalid Abbasi said the victim sustained a bullet wound to his right leg and died apparently due to excessive bleeding.

He said that the victim was a junk dealer.

He said the murder was being investigated as they had certain doubts about the claims of a robbery. The body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

Meanwhile, a policeman was arrested on Saturday for the death of a 17-year-old boy during the crossfire between law enforcers and robbers in Sohrab Goth on Friday evening.

Area SHO Sohail Khaskheli said an FIR had been registered and Constable Mumtaz Ali had been arrested.

According to the FIR, complainant Arshadullah said his cousin, Umaidullah, was taking care of his ailing mother, who was admitted to Insaf Hospital in Scheme-33 near Jamali Goth. He was purchasing milk near the hospital when a bullet `fired by the arrested constable who was travelling in a police mobile` hit him in the back and proved fatal.