KARACHI: A wanted suspect in the Lyari gang-war who, the police said, belonged to the Baba Ladla group, has been shot dead on Saturday in an alleged face-off on the Dubai Chowk area of Lyari between two local gangs.
The deceased, namely Naseer Baloch was a suspect gangster nominated and wanted in numerous serious cases, police said. However, Baloch, who had an alleged association with a banned outfit, was only recently freed on bail from the court.
Police claimed he was a part of a gang once run by famous Lyari gangster Noor Muhammad, alias Baba Ladla who had died in a shootout himself in 2017.
The case has been registered with police while they collect evidence and bullet casings from the site.
It has yet to be determined who could be behind the murder but police said it was a score between the two local gangs.
