Four gravediggers booked for reselling grave for Rs20,000
Karachi
May 16, 2021
Police booked four gravediggers after they found them involved in allegedly reselling a grave at a cemetery in Karachi on Saturday.
Action was taken after a citizen, Alam Khan, visited the Ismail Goth cemetery within the limits of the Sharafi Goth police station to pray for his father at his grave on the first Eid holiday but found the grave dug up.
Following the incident, a large number of people gathered at the graveyard and showed their concern. They also staged a protest against the incident, accusing the gravediggers of reselling the grave for Rs20,000.
Man found dead with torture marks
Karachi
February 28, 2021
The body of a man was found near the Ismail Goth graveyard within the limits of the Landhi Police Station on Saturday.
After getting information, police and rescuers reached the scene and took the body to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for an autopsy. The body was later moved to a morgue for identification.
Police said several marks of torture were found on the victimâs body. A case has been registered while an investigation is underway.
Separately, 22-year-old Bilal Shahid was wounded in a firing incident that took place in Moosa Colony within the limits of the Gulberg Police Station.