Protest against police shooting leads to SHO's suspension.

KARACHI -- Relatives and friends of a man, who was shot at and wounded by police, besieged the Mobina Town police station on Abul Hasan Ispahani Road to stage a protest in the wee hours of Saturday morning, prompting authorities to order a probe and suspend the SHO concerned.

East-SSP Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said that Mobina Town SHO Rizwan Razi was suspended and an inquiry ordered against him. If the policemen were found negligent in their conduct, a legal action would be taken against them in light of the findings of the inquiry, he promised.

According to the police and relatives, one Usman parked his motorbike in front of a ship to purchase milk when a police team fired at him and took him in custody in an injured condition.

While the law enforcers brought him at the Mobina Town police station, relatives and friends of the wounded man were informed about the actual incident by area people. As a...