Severed arm found in Karachi apartment

Limb found from apartment building wall in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 19 has identified as belonging to Abdul Basit

KARACHI: A severed human arm found from a wall of a residential apartment in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Block 19 has been identified as belonging to Abdul Basit, who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident on Sharea Faisal near Nursery a day earlier.

According to police sources, the fatal accident took place on Saturday night. During the collision, Basit’s arm was severed from his body and went missing from the scene. 

Investigations suggest that the limb remained stuck in the vehicle involved in the accident, and the driver, instead of stopping, fled the scene with the body part still lodged in the vehicle.

Authorities now suspect that the driver may have later discarded the severed arm near the wall of a residential apartment before continuing to evade arrest. Police have launched a search for the driver.

Following the discovery, the severed arm was handed over to the victim’s family. A case has been registered at Ferozabad Police Station on the complaint of the deceased’s brother.

According to the victim’s family, Basit was a father of five and was a resident of Umar Colony near Baloch Colony Bridge.