ISLAMABAD: Five people were killed and three others sustained bullet injuries in violent clash between two groups in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Thursday night.
According to a private news channel, the shootout occurred near Khayaban-i-Nishat and involved two groups led by Fahad Bugti and Ali Haider Bugti.
According to DIG South Syed Asad Raza, the conflict was rooted in a longstanding enmity between the two groups, which had previously filed first information reports (FIRs) against each other at the Sahil and Darakhshan police stations.
Among the deceased is Fahad Ahmed Nawaz Bugti, 50, a nephew of the slain Baloch chieftain Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti. Ali Haider Bugti, also a maternal nephew of the chieftain, is among those critically injured.
The police have taken eight suspects into custody, dispersing them to various police stations in the district.
In response to the incident, Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar demanded a detailed report from the additional inspector-general of police fo
r Karachi. The minister said that strict legal action must be taken against those responsible for the violence.
Minister said, “No one is above the law, and every step will be taken to maintain peace in the metropolis. No one will be allowed to disrupt the city’s stability.”