On crimes of varying nature

On crimes of varying nature
The city continued to face law and order situations during the last week, as kidnapping for ransom cases, killing of a young girl due to the negligence of doctors and other varying incidents were reported.On the first day of the week, the Karachi Police claimed to have solved the Ashura Day blast case by apprehending suspects from the Mauripur area and alleged that those responsible for the blast belonged to the militant outfit Jundullah. In this regard, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) registered two cases against the alleged Jundullah men at the Mauripur and Sir Syed Police Station. At the Mauripur Police Station, Sub Inspector (SI) Abdul Sattar, SIU stated that he along with his team were patrolling in the Mauripur area when a spy informed him of the accused Murad Shah, who was said to be involved in the lighthouse bomb blast had been sighted, and was heading towards the Mauripur area. He then along with his team started the random checking of vehicles at the turning of Hawkesbay Road. During that period, as the suspects reached the check post area opened fire upon seeing the police. The police retaliated and after a brief encounter managed to arrest Murad Shah, Mohammed Shaqaib Farooqi, Wazir Mohammed and Murtaza while the accused Siraj fled under the cover of fire. The police recovered four TT pistols and a case was registered.In the second case, registered at the Sir Syed Police Station, SI Naseem Farooqi, SIU West stated that the accused Murad Shah along with the others arrested in the Mauripur area are all affiliated with Jundullah. During interrogation, it was disclosed that the accused had been responsible for the blast bomb on the 7th of Muharramul Haram, as well as other occasions. The accused also disclosed the location of another bomb which was planted in a cement block at plot R-699, opposite Bagh-i-Qasim Sector-7/D-3 North Karachi. The information led the police team to raid the area and recover the planted bomb. A case was registered at the Sir Syed Police Station. In another case, two political groups clashed in the Surjani Town area. In this regard, Mohammed Nasir a resident of LERP, Surjani Town registered a complaint against Qasim and other members of a political group stating that he and other members of his party initiated a quarrel and used abusive language against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers. Moreover, while Mohammed Nasir was present at the PPP ward office situated in Sector-51F, Surjani Town, the accused Qasim, Hero, Imran, Anwer Bengali, Jabbar, Babul and others came on motorcycles and opened indiscriminate fire upon them then fled from the scene. Due to the firing, two people present at the ward office, Imran Butt and Rao Atif were left wounded. The police have lodged an FIR; however, no arrests have been made as yet.In another incident, it was reported that a young girl died due to the negligence of doctors in the New Karachi area. Umair, a resident of Sector-11E, registered a complaint at the New Karachi Industrial Area (NKIA) Police Station in which he stated that on 25th January his father informed him about his younger sister, Anum Komal suffering from the flu and that she had been given treatment at the Godhran Muslim Hospital situated in Sector-11G, New Karachi. Umair added that as his younger sister was still not feeling well and needed medical treatment, he took his sister to the Godhran Muslim Hospital again, where the duty doctor, Nasir, injected her with two injections available at the hospital and two other injections which the doctor brought from a store. Umair added that after some time, the doctor informed him about his sister’s death. The NKIA police said that a case was lodged against Dr Nasir, Abdul Sattar Dul, Haji Iqbal Loola and other staff members; however no arrest have been made so far.