The retired director of Karachi Municipal Corporation and ophthalmologist, Dr Birbal Genani, was shot dead near the Lyari Expressway today, the local media reported. His assistant, Dr Qurat-ul-Ain, was injured in the attack. The two were travelling in a car, CCTV footage showed.
Based on the CCTV footage of the attack, it is being suspected to be a case of targeted killing.
This is the second case of an attack on a Hindu doctor in this month.
The doctor’s cook told the police that the two had an altercation on their way home. Once home, the driver allegedly took a knife from the kitchen and killed the doctor in his own home.
