KARACHI: Zain Effendi, a grandson of Sindh Madressatul Islam University founder Hassanally Effendi, was murdered during a robbery attempt at his home in Karachi on Wednesday evening.
According to details, five men entered his house near Quaid’s Mausoleum and held the domestic help and Zain Effendi hostage. They tied them up and robbed the house.
The suspects broke the lock outside Effendi’s room and shot him after he resisted the robbery. The group managed to escape with two mobile phones and jewellery worth millions of rupees.
A police spokesperson informed that the armed men had arrived in a white Corolla car. “They pumped three bullets in the face of the victim,” the spokesman added. A case has been registered against unknown person.
Sources informed that the police are inquiring into the cause of the murder, whether it was a targeted killing or result of a robbery. Effendi was the grandson of educationist Nisar Ally Effendi, who established the Quaid-e-Azam Public School in Darsono Channo. He passed away in 2004.
