- Slain doctor was serving at private hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
- Deceased’s one brother was shot dead earlier, another drowned.
- Police say investigating the killing from multiple angles.
KARACHI: A doctor was shot dead by unknown assailants on Karachi’s Sharea Faisal late last night, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Dr Sarang Memon, a resident of an apartment near the Karachi Press Club and originally hailing from Badin, the police said, and added that his body has been shifted to his native town for burial.
Deputy Inspector General South said that the doctor was travelling with his wife in a rickshaw, while unknown assailants in a car were chasing the couple.
According to the police, Dr Memon sustained four bullet wounds in the chest and legs during the attack. The bullet that struck his chest proved fatal.
At the time of the incident, Dr Memon was returning home from Cantt Station in a rickshaw along with his wife. The police said that after the incident, Dr Memon’s wife immediately took him to the hospital in the same rickshaw.
However, upon arrival, doctors confirmed that he had already died.
The deceased doctor was serving at a private hospital in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. According to the police, a case will be lodged on the complaint of the relatives after the burial.
The police also shared background details of the deceased’s family, stating that one of his brothers was an MBBS student who died after being drowned in Jamshoro, while another brother was reportedly shot dead in Badin during unrest following the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Meanwhile, police lodged an FIR into the murder at the Artillery Maidan Police Station on the complaint of his brother, Sarmad Hussain.
According to the FIR, Dr Sarang, along with his wife, was travelling in an auto-rickshaw when unidentified armed men in a car intercepted the three-wheeler.
An armed man stepped out of the car and asked the doctor to get down, his brother told police, adding that when Sarang stepped out of the rickshaw, the assailant opened fire on him.
His wife rushed him to Jinnah Hospital in critical condition, where he died during treatment, according to the FIR.
