Man dies, seven hurt

A man was killed while seven others, including children, were injured in a road tragedy near District Jail Malir on the National Highway within the limits of the Shah Latif police station. Police officials said that the victims were travelling on a rickshaw when a speedy Mazda truck hit them. The deceased was identified as Kashif, son of Ashiq Ali, while the injured persons were identified as Zahida, Hammad, Ahmed, Kiran, Adnan, Razia Bibi and Akram. The police arrested the truck driver and impounded his vehicle.

Motorcycle thief caught

The Shah Latif police have arrested a notorious criminal associated with an interprovincial gang of motorcycle lifters.

Police said that they carried out an intelligence-based raid on a house situated near Bhains Colony Morr, and after facing resistance arrested Sajjad Hussain, but his associates fled. They claimed recovering a pistol and stolen motorcycles from his possession. They said Hussain had snatched one motorcycle from Quaidabad Chowk a few hours before his arrest.

During the initial interrogation, the suspect said he transported the snatched or stolen motorcycles to Thatta district’s slum area Chathoo Chand, where he would hire a woman and move with her as pillion passengers towards Ustaa Muhammad, Balochistan. Raids are underway for the arrest of the remaining companions of the suspect. The man had earlier been arrested by the Bin Qasim and Steel Town police and imprisoned.

Mason dies

A 55-year-old labourer, Muhammad Shah, died after falling from an under construction building in Kharadar. The police said the body was taken to Civil Hospital for an autopsy. The man was a mason and he fell down from the building after his foot slipped when he was busy in his routine work.