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Karachi: Confreres support alleged killers of 2-year old

KARACHI: Two-year-old Ahsan, killed during a reported exchange of firing between police and alleged muggers at University Road yesterday (16th of April), was buried at a graveyard here today.

Inspector General of Police (Sindh IGP), Dr. Syed Kaleem Imam, taking notice of the incident, had directed immediate investigation and suspension those involved in the incident. Talking to NPTV Additional Inspector General Police Dr. Amir Ahmed Shaikh has informed that four cops who were present at the chowki have been suspended and Government weapons have been taken back from them. The maternal grandfather of the deceased child lamented that they were asked to appear and sign papers (FIR) at Police Station.

Supporting their confreres, instead of naming the Policemen involved, some unidentified people have been mentioned in the FIR.  The funeral prayers, offered in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, were attended by his family members as well as representatives of different political parties. According to details the deceased child Mohammad Ahsan Shaikh, traveling in a rickshaw with his parents, succumbed to a bullet injury as the shot directed at alleged criminals hit him during rush hours at a thoroughfare around Pehelwan Goth off University Road.

A relevant piece published earlier: 

 

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.