A 65-year-old former union council (UC) chairman was shot dead by an unknown gunman in Karachi’s Baldia Town, officials said on Tuesday.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police South Syed Asad Raza told the media that Haji Amanullah Afridi was killed by the firing of an unknown suspect at 6:27am near his residence. A statement issued by the Edhi rescue service said that the body was shifted to the Civil hospital. Raza also said, “The deceased had been active in the past at the local level in social and political circles of Baldia Town, Keamari, and [he] was also elected as UC chairman of Abidabad as an independent candidate.” “Police are actively investigating the case and have so far obtained CCTV footage of the place of incident in which a young man clad in shalwar kameez is seen following and firing on the victim from behind at about 6:27am,” the official said.
