Truck driver shot dead

HYDERABAD: Unidentified armed men shot dead a truck driver Jan Muhammad alias Jani Pathan, 35, son of Gul Dost, in the industrial area of Hyderabad early Wednesday morning.

Police said deceased driver soon as sat at the driving seat after getting the truck loaded with wheat flour bags at a flour mill at around 6.00a.m, some armed men opened fires on him and fled. He received three bullets and died on the spot.

Deceased, belonging to Batkhela area of Swat, was father of four and lived in Hyderabad since many years.

Police handed over the body to heirs after postmortem from civil hospital.