India, July 31 -- Zubair Baloch, the brother of imprisoned Lyari gangster Uzair Baloch, was shot and critically wounded in Karachi on Thursday evening, police said.

The incident has drawn wider attention in India because Uzair Baloch was portrayed by actor Danish Pandor in the Ranveer Singh-starrer Dhurandhar and its sequel, Dhurandhar: The Revenge.

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According to a report by Dawn, 40-year-old Zubair was sitting outside his residence in Singu Lane when armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire and escaped. The attack took place on main Chakiwara Road in Karachi's Lyari area.

Two passersby were also caught in the firing. All three injured people were t...