KARACHI, Feb 22: A retired deputy superintendent of police and his son, a police constable, were shot dead in an attack on their car at the railway crossing near Malir City on Thursday.

The two attackers, riding a motorcycle, were caught red-handed: one by a policeman and the other by a rangers' patrol, about 200 metres from the Al Fallah police station.

Former DSP Sadiq Hussain Shah, 65, and his 28-year-old son, Abid Hussain Shah, were heading for the Al Fallah police station around 10:10am. One of the assailants opened fire on them at close range when their red Mitsubishi Lancer slowed down to negotiate a turn near the Madina Market.

Sub-inspector Mohammed Yaqoob of the Al Fallah police told Dawn that the father and son either died instantly, or succumbed to injuries on way to a nearby hospital at Sharea Faisal.

Tension and panic gripped the vicinity, forcing shopkeepers to pull their shutters down.

Witnesses told the police that one of the attackers, armed with a TT pistol, got off their motorcycle and started firing on the car, while the other waited with the motorcycle's engine on.

They said as the attacker trotted to his accomplice after firing at least seven bullets, a constable of the Al Fallah police station overpowered him and a passing by rangers patrol caught the other.

The attackers and their two-wheeler were immediately taken away by the rangers, they added.

Sub-inspector Yaqoob said that Constable Mohammad Shahid Hameed, who caught the attacker, was unarmed and had gone to a nearby shop for getting some documents photocopied.

The bodies were later shifted to the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre where sources said that Sadiq Shah had received four bullets. His son was hit by three bullets: two in the chest and one in the temple.

A tyre mender, Mohammed Siddique, was also stated to have been wounded in the attack. Working in his shop near the scene of the attack, Siddique received one of those bullets which went through the victims.

All the shops in the locality were closed down immediately after the shooting. Tension gripped the adjoining areas as well.

The markets and shops in Shah Faisal Colony were also closed down and vehicular traffic almost disappeared as the bodies were brought to Hussain Imambargah.

The attackers were identified as Mohammad Saeed, a resident of Shah Faisal Colony, and Waseem, a resident of Jut Land Line.

KARACHI: Statements recorded in DSP murder case

KARACHI, April 16: An anti-terrorism court recorded the statements of two more prosecution witnesses in the murder case of a former deputy superintendent of police and his young son.

Two workers of the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan, Abdul Waseem and Saeed Awan, are being prosecuted for killing Ex-DSP Syed Sadiq Hussain and son, Syed Abid Hussain Shah near Malir City railway crossing.

The two accused were caught red-handed, one by a policeman and the other by a Rangers patrol, when they attempted to flee on their motorcycle after the incident. Another suspect, identified as Dilawar, fled the scene.

Two Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan men sentenced to death for double murder
02-05-2001

KARACHI, April 30: An anti-terrorism court on Monday sentenced two workers of the Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan to death for killing a former deputy superintendent of police and his young son.

Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the ATC-3 also fined the SSP workers Rs200,000 each. They were caught red-handed while on the run after they, with their third accomplice, shot dead former DSP Syed Sadiq Husain Shah and his son Syed Abid Husain Shah in an ambush near the Malir City railway crossing, on Feb 22.

The convicts will have to undergo two years' rigorous imprisonment if they fail to pay the fine.

Accused Abdul Waseem and Saeed Awan were also sentenced to seven years' RI and fine of Rs50,000 each on the charge of possessing unlicensed pistols. In case of default on the payment of fine, they would have to undergo an additional one year's RI.

The two were caught red-handed, one by a policeman and the other by a rangers patrol, when they attempted to flee on their motorcycle after shooting their victim.

Their third accomplice, identified as Dilawar, fled the scene. The court ordered to keep the case against the absconder on dormant file till his arrest.

The prosecution, represented by special public prosecutor Haq Nawaz Baloch, examined in all nine witnesses, including two eyewitnesses, against the two accused.