WORLD NEWS | Hindu doctor shot dead in Karachi, Pakistan

Islamabad [Pakistan]March 31 (ANI): A Pakistani Hindu doctor, Dr Birbal Genani, was the victim of a targeted killing near Layari, Karachi on Thursday while returning home from his clinic, Dunya News reported.

Former Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) health and ophthalmologist Dr Birbal Genani was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Karachi on Thursday, Geo News reported.

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According to the police, Dr Birbal Genani and his assistant female doctor were traveling from Ramswamy to Gulshan-e-Iqbal when unidentified men targeted their car near the Garden Overpass on the Lyari Expressway. Dr. Genani died at the scene, while his assistant female doctor also suffered gunshot wounds.

After receiving information about the incident, police and rescue workers arrived at the scene and took the bodies and the injured to hospital, Geo News reported. CCTV footage of the incident shows Dr Genani’s car moving uncontrollably and crashing into a wall.

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Speaking to reporters, SSP City Arif Aziz called Dr Genani’s murder a “targeted killing”. Arif Aziz further stated that the exact reason behind the murder was not yet known. The female doctor who was working with Dr. Genani was also in the vehicle when the unidentified assailants attacked the vehicle.

“Suddenly the gunshots rang out and I couldn’t understand anything,” the officer quoted the injured woman as saying. He said there was only a single bullet mark on the vehicle, according to a Geo News report. Officers said they were recording the woman doctor’s statement.

Police officers said they have opened an investigation into the murder. Meanwhile, Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tesori asked the additional Inspector General of Karachi Police to report on the incident. He expressed his grief over the death of the ophthalmologist.

Last week, Hindu shopkeepers were attacked in Pakistan for allegedly eating “in violation of Ramzan regulations,” Pakistan’s “Tribune Express” reported.

In a video that has gone viral on social media, police officers are seen wandering the Ghotki district with a stick in their hand. The police officer beat up Hindu restaurateurs, including the Hindu man, who were reportedly preparing biryani for a delivery order from a local market.

“I swear I belong to the Hindu community and he is taking food. We don’t serve food indoors during Ramzan,” said a man arrested by police, according to the Tribune.

However, according to news reports, SHO publicly forced a Hindu restaurateur to take an oath on his holy book. He tortured, harassed, manhandled and arrested more than a dozen people, including the Hindu shopkeeper, after he physically attacked them. (Arnie)

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