KARACHI - Nine more people were killed on Thursday in unabated incidents of target killing, including an officer of Rangers here on Thursday. A sub Inspector of Pakistan Rangers Sindh was shot dead near his residence located in Sector 5/E Korangi within the limits of Zaman Town police station.The incident took place when 45-year-old SI Abdul Hameed Chachar was going to his residence where two armed motorcyclists intercepted him and shot him dead.He died on the spot while culprits managed to flee. The body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medicolegal formalities. SHO Dilawar Jokhio said that deceased was a SI of Pakistan Rangers and posted in Nursing Wing in Sanghar district, interior Sindh. He was on leave and residing in the said area for the last two weeks. Chachar left two widows and six children behind. Police handed over his body to heirs and registered a case against unidentified men on the complaint of victim’s brother Imdad. Meanwhile, a man was shot dead while another injured near Eye Spencer Hospital in the limits of Nappier police station. The incident took place in the wee hours of Thursday. Police got information that some unidentified men threw two men near Eye Spencer Hospital, Nappier Road. When police rushed to the scene, it found body of a man while other was in critical condition. Police shifted them to Civil Hospital Karachi. SHO Imdad Khwaja said deceased sustained three bullets on his different parts of the body. The injured was identified as Arshad, 25, and received a bullet on his head. The officer said unidentified men kidnapped them from unknown place and after opening fire on them they threw their bodies at Nappier Road. Police moved the body to morgue for identification and registered an FIR No 98/12 against unidentified assailants.Similarly, police found a shot dead body of teenage boy from Mauripur Road near Crown Cinema in the precincts of Kalri police station. The identity of the victim was yet to be ascertained.SHO Safdar Mashwani said that victim received three bullets each on his head, chest and neck. He appeared to be Baloch-speaking. The body was shifted to CHK for post-mortem and later moved to morgue for identification. Police registered an FIR No 136/12 against unidentified culprits.In another incident, a man was shot dead in front of his home in Noorani Basti, Korangi within the jurisdiction of Zaman Town police station. The deceased 32-year-old Asad Hussain was the resident of Noorani Basti sector 2 ½, Korangi.He was sitting in front of his home when some unidentified culprits came on motorcycle and sprayed bullets on him. He sustained six bullets on different parts of his body and died on the spot. SHO Dilawar Jokhio said that victim was working in a private factory and had some cases of narcotics act. The reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained while police suspected the motive as sectarian. The body was shifted to JPMC for legal formalities and later handed over to his family.In another incident, police found two-day-old shot dead body of a man from Lyari Naddi in the limits of Pak Colony police station. The identity of the victim was yet to be ascertained. The officer said the victim appeared to be Baloch and he received a bullet on his head. The body was shifted to CHK for legal formalities and later moved to morgue for identification. Police registered a case against unidentified assailants.

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