8 dead, many injured in road accidents during Eid days

According to details, the victim Liaqat Ali, a resident of Jalian Wala Road was running a hotel alongside the Rohi Naulla.

On the day of incident a local resident Muhammad Niaz took him to the Dera of one Muhammad Rasheed where some other friends of Niaz were also present besides the Dera owner.

The people present at the Dera asked the victim that Rasheed wanted to give him a gift on the occasion of Eid and later handed him over a box. The box suddenly exploded with a bang and Liaqat sustained critical injuries soon after he opened it. He was immediately rushed to the Jinnah Hospital by some other locals but Liaqat succumbed to his injuries.

Police said the box was carrying battery-like explosive material, which went off suddenly and claimed the life of young man. Police officials said that the man died under mysterious circumstances. Police however arrested the Dera owner and his some friends who were present on the occasion.

To a query, a police investigator said that some parts of the explosive material have been sent to the laboratory concerned for examination and a case has been registered against the arrested people on the complaint of victim’s father-in-law.  About the motive behind the murder of the innocent man, the investigator said apparently it seemed that the alleged killers wanted to play a joke with the victim.