The investigations in the road rage incident, involving Wasim Akram, seems to have hit a roadblock as the officer in-charge said that the former Pakistan skipper provided a wrong number of the auto.
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While Akram was arguing with the driver, an unidentified man from the auto stepped out and opened fire at former Pakistan all-rounder’s vehicle.
From then, the man is believed to have pulled out a gun and began shooting before fleeing the scene.
The Deputy Inspector General of Karachi later said, “We have not reached any conclusion, but surely this is a case of road rage”.
Akram helped police with the enquiries for nearly two hours and subsequently was unable to fulfil his coaching responsibilities at the National Cricket Stadium to where he had been headed. But Akram later said the man had been about to shoot him when someone revealed who he was.
“I have no enmity with anyone”, Akram said.
Akram, 49, made his worldwide debut in a one-day global against New Zealand in 1984 and was rated as one of the all-time great left-arm fast bowlers.
He also led Pakistan in 25 test matches, winning 12, losing eight and drawing five.
Akram was among the cricketers fined during an infamous match-fixing inquiry in 1999, when the Pakistan Cricket Board handed lifetime bans to Salim Malik and Ataur Rehman.
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