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Three factory workers die after falling into chicken feed pit filled with toxic waste

KARACHI: Three labourers died after falling into a pit carrying toxic chemical and animal waste for producing chicken feed in the Ibrahim Hyderi area on Monday, officials said.

The incident occurred when one of the labourers fell in the pit and two others went in to save him. However, they all fell unconscious and slipped into the pit and died of inhaling toxic fumes.

“This is an industrial unit which produces chicken feed,” said Inspector Syed Salahuddin, the SHO of the Ibrahim Hyderi police station. “It appears to be an accident but we have detained the factory owner for questioning. If any negligence is found on part of the company’s management, the law would take its due course.”

He said that all the victims, aged between 35 and 40, originally hailed from Chitral. “They have been identified as Iqbal Deen, Zar Wali and Darwesh. The bodies were moved to the Edhi morgue after medico-legal formalities at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.”

Unknown assailants shoot a former traffic cop to death upon resistance to robbery bid

The incident came as a grim reminder of a similar episode in April 2015 when six people had died after inhaling toxic gases emitting from an underground tank containing a chemical substance being used in making pickle in a food factory set up in a residential area of Korangi.

In 2016, three workers had died while two others were rescued after they fell into a chemical tank of a textile factory in Bin Qasim industrial area.

In 2017 four workers had met the same fate after inhaling toxic fumes in an underground tank of an industrial unit in the same industrial area.

Ex-policeman shot dead in Baldia

A former official of the traffic police was shot dead by unidentified assailants at his restaurant in Baldia Town.

“Two youngsters on a motorbike pulled up outside a roadside restaurant near Pakora Chowk in Baldia Town,” said an official at the Ittehad Town police station. “One of them entered the facility, pulled out a pistol and demanded cash and valuables from owner Mohammad Siddiq. As the owner resisted, he fired multiple shots leaving him dead on the spot. The armed men then managed to speed away.”

Two other people also sustained bullet wounds and were shifted to the Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi where they were said to be stable and out of danger.

The deceased man, he said, was a retired sub-inspector of the Karachi traffic police and running his restaurant for the past few years in the area.

Woman slaughtered in Sachal

In Sachal area, a woman was killed allegedly by her brother-in-law over some monetary dispute.

The area police said that 44-year-old Nasreen was found lying in a pool of blood inside her home. Area people informed the police about the incident.

“The woman’s throat was slit by some sharp metal,” said Inspector Javed Abro, the SHO of the Sachal police station. “The woman’s husband is out of the city and she was living with her three children.”

He said that eyewitnesses’ and family members’ statements suggested that her brother-in-law Umeed Ali came to see her early in the morning. They had some monetary dispute. Their arguments turned violent when Ali hit her in the head with a stick and then slit her throat with a sharp-edged weapon. He then managed to escape, the area SHO said.

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