Karachi police form team to probe inspector's killing in Steel Town
Javed Abro, 55, was shot dead and his wife wounded when two men on a motorbike opened fire while the couple sat in their front lawn on Sunday evening.
Karachi police have formed a high-level team to investigate the killing of inspector Javed Abro, who was shot dead in Steel Town on Sunday evening in what officials are treating as a targeted attack.
Abro, 55, was having tea with his wife in the front lawn of their house when two men on a motorbike arrived and opened fire, officials said. The inspector was killed and his wife was wounded.
Karachi Additional Inspector General Azad Khan told Dawn that the investigation team will be headed by the Malir senior superintendent of police. Officials said the team was constituted on Monday, a day after the attack.
Dawn reported that police are working on the suspicion that Abro was singled out and killed. The report named no group or individual as a suspect and announced no arrests.
Police did not give an account of the motive being pursued, and the number of investigators on the team was not stated.
The attack took place in the front lawn of the inspector's home, according to the account officials gave Dawn, in a residential area of Steel Town, a locality in the Malir district of the city.
Karachi has seen repeated attacks on police personnel in recent years. Investigations in such cases are usually led by a senior district officer under the city police chief, as in this instance, with findings reported back to the additional inspector general's office.
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