KARACHI: Yet one other motorcyclist, identified as Gulshan Rasheed, has been crushed to death at Jail Chowrangi here on Monday (17th Feb 2025) night.
Karachiites, already angered due to over a 100 deaths on the roads of the Metropolis in a year caused by reckless driving by dumper and water tanker drivers, torched 5 tankers, including the one involved in the Monday killing of a motorcyclist.
It may be recalled that following burning of dumpers in the Metropolis, MQM-H’s Chief Afaq Ahmed has been nabbed from his house in DHA area here on Tuesday (11th Feb 2025). Later, refusing physical remand, the court sent him to judicial custody.
Police claim that Afaq Ahmed had incited his supporters to torch the dumpers and water browsers after a number of people got killed by reckless drivers of heavy vehicles. A case has been lodged at Korangi PS apropos the burning of heavy vehicles. MQM-H Chief had earlier given the Sindh government 48-hour ultimatum to ban heavy traffic in the Port City.
Earlier this month Tankers Association staged a sit-in on National Highway to protest the recent spate of vehicle burning by unknown arsonists. Three cargo vehicles and a water tanker were set on fire in the Landhi, Korangi, Al-Karam, and Surjani Town areas of the Metropolis.
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