Lyari gangster found dead

KARACHI: A prominent Lyari gangster was found dead in the early hours of Tuesday. The bullet-ridden body of Lyari gangster Abid Tingu was found within the jurisdiction of Baghdadi police station. Lyari Town SP Raja Omer Khattab said that the deceased was a member of Rehman Dakait group and was killed by his associates. Khattab said that police wanted Tingu in 17 criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder, police encounters and kidnapping for ransom. Three months ago he killed the uncle of Inspector Yousuf Baloch in a petty dispute and this led to a rift between him and his associates. Since then he was absconding and went to Gawadar, Balochistan from where he had recently arrived in the city.Tingu joined the Lyari gang mafia in 2007, initially working under the supervision of Shahzaib, a commander of Shah Baig Lane of Rehman Dakait. However, Tingu murdered Shazaib and was working under the supervision of Jabbar Jhengu.There were the reports that the Sindh government had announced 0.3 million rupees as reward money on Tingu but Khattab denied the information. Man stabbed to death: Surjani police found the body of 22-year-old Aftab Ahmed from the bushes located at Sector 4-A. The deceased was a resident of Sector 7-D who left his home on Monday night and went missing. The area residents found his body on Tuesday and informed police. According to police, the victim died of stab wounds inflicted by a knife. Woman found dead: The body of a 33-year-old woman was found from the bushes in Mawatch Goth within the jurisdiction of Surjani Police Station. Police say that the deceased was tortured and died as a result of strangulation. Police shifted her body to the Edhi morgue for identification after legal formalities were completed. Elderly man mysteriously dies: The body of a 65-year-old unidentified man was found from Sector 9-B, within the jurisdiction of Saeedabad Police Station. The police was unable to find the cause of his death. His body has been shifted to Edhi morgue for identification.