A young man was shot dead while another wounded inside a private guest house in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Tuesday evening over some personal dispute, police said.
They identified the deceased as Mustafa Kausar, 30, and wounded as Mujahid Ali, 40. The incident occurred at ‘Marigold guest house’ in Phase-VII. The two along with one another friend were staying there for some business.
Defence SHO Shahid Taj said that during the initial probe, it transpired that the incident appeared to be an outcome of some ‘business dispute.’ He said they had detained Mujahid for interrogation while their third friend Ubaid managed to escape from the spot.
The officer said these three friends came to Karachi from Rawalpindi for some business. They arrived in the city traveling in a Civic car four days ago and stayed at the guest house.
On Tuesday evening, Mujahid came out from the room at 4pm by saying that he had fallen down in the washroom and suffered injuries, the SHO said.
The officer said the guest house staff, realising something fishy, went to the room where they saw Mustafa lying dead with gunshot wounds. CCTV footage obtained by the police showed their third friend Ubaid had already left the place at 10am.
He said the pistol and car owned by the deceased were missing, adding that both the wounded and who fled were Afghans while the deceased was a resident of Rawalpindi.
He said the deceased’s father, Kausar, told the police on phone that the friends had some dispute over ‘monetary transaction.’ The father also told the police that his son carried significant cash that was also missing. He said an exchange of hot words had taken place between them on Monday night.
