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Karachi: An activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was killed while trying to save a boy from kidnappers in Liaquatabad area on Saturday.
According to SHO Super Market police station Mumtaz Hussain, Kashif, a resident of DHA Phase-I, had come to the Nazimabad area to meet his friend but he was taken hostage by armed men outside his friend’s house.
The kidnappers later contacted Kashif’s family and demanded a ransom of Rs. 200,000.
The family told the kidnappers that they couldn’t afford such a huge amount of money, however, they said they could manage Rs50,000 along with the entire house’s jewellery.
The kidnappers asked the family to send a person near Liaquatabad Super Market to hand over the money and take back their relative.
When Kashif’s relative handed the kidnappers the bag of money, the suspects found it less than what the deal was struck. This situation made both the parties indulge in serious argument, which prompted some MQM activists to approach them for resolving the dispute.
The MQM activists, later identified as Adnan and Ali Rashid, attempted to mediate the argument between the two, in the mistaken belief that the dispute was over a motorcycle accident. However, the kidnappers got scared from the approaching activists and opened fire, leaving them both injured.
In the meanwhile, a patrolling police mobile witnessed the incident and gave chase to the fleeing suspects. After a shootout, the police arrested one of the kidnappers, Syed Raza Ahmed, and successfully rescued Kashif. The second kidnapper, however, managed to escape from the scene.
Adnan and Rashid were immediately taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, however, Adnan succumbed to his injuries.
The police recovered a 9mm pistol from the suspect and two empties from the crime scene.
SHO Hussain said that accused Raza Ahmed, a resident of Gulbahar, was wanted by the police in a number of robbery and kidnapping cases. Raids were being conducted to arrest his accomplices.
