Overview
- Police identified the deceased as Shahzaib and said his wife was critically injured after their motorcycle was struck on Nishtar Road near Garden.
- The dumper driver, Niaz Hussain, fled but was arrested and taken to Garden police station for interrogation as CCTV and records are reviewed.
- Residents vandalized the dumper and later set it on fire before authorities used heavy machinery to clear the road.
- Dumper Association president Liaquat Mehsud arrived with armed guards, and witnesses and an FIR allege the guards fired aerial shots that spread panic.
- Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori condemned the public display of weapons and urged legal action, with separate FIRs filed against the driver and against Mehsud over the firing.