Tanveer Buledi, younger brother of notorious Lyari gangster Ameen Buledi, was shot dead by unidentified men in Baghdadi, Lyari on late Thursday night.
Kalri police officer Nadeem Baloch said some men fired gunshots at Tanveer near Benazir Bakery in Baghdadi and escaped.
He was taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where doctors pronounced him dead.
It is feared that the murder of Buledi’s brother might trigger a new wave of violence in Lyari, where peace has been restored after great efforts by the law enforcement agencies in the ongoing operation in the city.
“Tanveer was involved in murder and extortion cases,” said a police officer, who wished not to be named. “He was wanted by police for killing Muttahida Qaumi Movement activists,” he added.
Bodies found
Two men were found dead in a drain in Deh Bakhar, a village situated along the Karachi-Balochistan border.
Mauripur SHO Sarwar Commando said the bodies were at least two months old and it was nearly impossible to identify them. They were shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi for postmortem.
Father, son killed
A man killed his stepfather and stepbrother over a family dispute at their house in Pehlwan Goth, Block-9 of Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
Gulistan-e-Jauhar SHO Niaz Panhwar said Faizan alias Ali murdered his stepfather, Dildar Hussain, 50, and his stepbrother Dilawar Hussain, 24, and escaped.
Woman killed in lift fall
A woman was killed in a lift fall at an apartment building in Block-II, Clifton.
The Boat Basin SHO said Lakshmi, 50, wife of Shaam Lal, was visiting apartments in Ostar Tower searching for a job. She was in its lift when its cable broke and it crashed to the ground. Her body was shifted to the JPMC for an autopsy. She lived in Baghdadi, Lyari.