Armed clash between two Bugti groups leaves five dead in Karachi's DHA

• Deceased and injured are relatives of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.
• DIG South Asad Raza says reason behind clash was “old enmity”.
• Home Minister Lanjar Ziaul Hassan says no one is above law.

KARACHI: At least five people were killed and two others injured during an armed clash between two groups — both from the Bugti family — over an old enmity in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority on Thursday night.

The armed clash took place between Fahad Bugti's group and Ali Haider Bugti's group in DHA’s Khayaban-e-Nishat. The deceased and the injured were relatives of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti.

DIG South Asad Raza said that the reason behind the clash was an “old enmity”. Three people from one group and two from the other group were killed in the firing, the police said. All the deceased and the injured were cousins.

After being informed, police and rescue officials rushed to the crime scene and shifted the bodies and the injured to the Civil Hospital.

The deceased were identified as Mir Esa Bugti, Ali, Fahad, Naseebullah, and Mir Mesum Bugti. While Mir Ali Haider Bugti and Qaim Ali sustained bullet injuries, said the hospital administration. 

Meanwhile, Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar took notice of the armed clash and sought a detailed report from the Additional IGP Karachi.

Talking to Geo News, the home minister said that the incident, according to initial investigations, was a result of a personal enmity, adding that the deceased and the injured belonged to same tribe.

“Both groups belong to the family of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti,” he added. Lanjar said that no one is above the law, adding that all necessary measures will be taken to ensure the writ of law.