Karachi mob sets seven dumpers on fire after two siblings killed in accident
The accident occurred late Saturday night in the city’s Federal B Area, when a dumper truck hit a motorcycle carrying a father, his son, and daughter.
According to SP Gulberg Iqbal Shaikh, all three sustained injuries in the collision, but the siblings — 22-year-old Mahnoor and 14-year-old Ahmed Raza — later succumbed to their wounds.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, residents of the area, overcome with grief and anger, set several dumper trucks ablaze.
The officer stated that the driver of the dumper involved in the accident was beaten by locals before being taken into custody in an injured condition.
He confirmed that seven dumper trucks were burned, and efforts were underway to remove the wreckage from the road.
Traffic on Rashid Minhas Road was suspended after the incident and is being diverted from the Sohrab Goth flyover towards the Shahrah-e-Pakistan Water Pump.
All Pakistan Dumpers Association staged a sit-in on Superhighway to protest against the torching of the seven trucks, blocking both tracks of the main artery for the traffic.
Traffic has been diverted from Punjab Adda to Sohrab Goth police station, the traffic police said in statement.
They said traffic has been diverted from Adil Shah bus stop to Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
“We will not leave until the accused are arrested,” dumper association President Liaquat Mehsud said in a statement claiming that nine of their vehicles were damaged by the protesters.
Speaking to the media, the brother of injured man said Shakir suffered severe head injuries in the accident and was admitted to Jinnah hospital.
“Injured father don't know if their son or daughter has died,” said Zakir, the brother of injured man.
He said the affected family was returning home from Malir area when it met with fatal accident
Zakir said 22-year-old Mahnoor was to get married next month. “We want justice, this is an appeal, these accidents should be stopped,” he demanded.
Expressing deep sorrow over the loss of two lives, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori prayed for the swift recovery of the injured father, according to a statement issued by the Governor House.
He also called upon the residents to refrain from taking the law into their own hands.
Tessori directed the Sindh government to ensure strict punishment for the driver found responsible and to control the “dumper mafia”.
"The Sindh government should rein in the dumper mafia that is endangering people’s lives," he stressed.
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