Earlier today news broke that the notorious Karachi gangster Baba Ladla was killed today in a shootout in the Lyari neighborhood, along with two of his associates. Baba was supposed to be one of the most wanted people in the city of Karachi, infamous for his involvement in and leadership of some criminal gangs in the city.
People have been overjoyed at the news because they believe Karachi is much less dangerous now
Big chapter of target killing is closed. Well done Rangers.. #BabaLadla
— Nomy Sahir (@Nomysahir) February 2, 2017
"Most Wanted" Lyari gang war commander #BabaLadla with companions killed in Rangers shootout.#SoluteToRangers #SoluteToRangers pic.twitter.com/9o5BYJsU1B
— پاکستان کا مالک (@Waqas_Ghaffari) February 2, 2017
#babaladla Great job Pak Rangers Sindh. ???
— Saadia Afzaal (@SaadiaAfzaal) February 2, 2017
Some have even gone so far as to declare Karachi gang-free, now
Well Done Rangers Good Work Proud Of You Pakistan Zindabad Pak Army Zindabad Pak Rangers Zindabad No More Gang #BabaLadla
— Maher Baloch (@maher_iam) February 2, 2017
#babaladla ….game over
— SyedZada™π (@Nawabzaadaa) February 2, 2017
Amidst all this “joyous celebration”, there are some who mentioned something strange
This happens only in Pakistan.. a person dies twice and sometime threetimes also 😕 Done but not in well way #BabaLadla
— Yaas Balush (@YaasBalush) February 2, 2017
It's not only cats that have 9 lives.
Pak rangers have killed #BabaLadla for the 5th time. pic.twitter.com/SCDn94jIKC— Sadaf Alvi (@TheGrumpyDoctor) February 2, 2017
It appeared that Baba Ladla, or at least, someone with the same face and name was killed a while ago
#babaladla killed for second time in #Karachi
— Karachi_Post (@Karachi_Post) February 2, 2017
It was all very, very confusing
#babaladla he alive like a bhutto
— @skytweet (@SOH360) February 2, 2017
So we did some digging into history to try and verify the authenticity of these tweets claiming Baba Ladla’s second coming
It appears that someone who looked like Baba Ladla, and not the original gangster, was killed in August 2015 in an exchange of fire with Iranian border security forces near the Pakistan border. However, this news was soon denied by the Pakistani security forces because they hadn’t received any confirmation to the same from Iranian officials.
Just saw the Baba Ladla video; body in pretty bad shape. Seems 2015 is the year a lot of bad guys become history. pic.twitter.com/3LFvoIPqi3
— Ovais Jafar (@ovaisjafar) August 6, 2015
The guy in the video does look like him, but.. His family says Baba Lalda is alive and well in Oman. (How many doppelgängers can one have)
— Ovais Jafar (@ovaisjafar) August 6, 2015
Similarly, in May 2014, there was a report that Iranian border guards had killed the gangster near the Iranian city if Chahbahar. But this, too, remained unconfirmed by Pakistani security forces, according to Dawn.
Other reports of Baba Ladla being killed in years past is similarly unconfirmed, therefore, the authenticity of these previous death reports is questionable, leading us to believe that this particular incident from earlier today is the actual, confirmed news of Baba’s death.
So everyone who’s confused about Baba Ladla having been killed earlier, rest assured. This time he was really killed. Or at least that’s what we know so far… until he’s killed again 😛
P.S: Just btw, to check how observant you guys are, did you notice the date of this post? ?