A 25-year-old man was shot dead in the name of honour in the Sundar police limits on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Zaheer Iqbal, resident of Loharan Wala Khu in Madina Colony, Sundar. A police official said Iqbal had developed illicit relations with the sister of a local named Asif. Zaheer and Asif had also scuffled with each other a few days back but the issue was settled down by the locals. However, Asif nursed grudge against Zaheer and planned to kill him. On the day of incident, accused Asif called the victim at his home and shot him dead. Local police after being informed reached the scene and removed the body to morgue for autopsy after collecting forensic evidence. A case has been registered against accused Asif on the complaint of victim’s brother Zahid. Sundar SHO said they were conducting raids to arrest the accused persons.
INJURED: Two persons including a 22-year-old woman were injured in two separate localities in the provincial metropolis on Monday. In Township police area, some unidentified persons fired shots at a woman named Maryam at the doorstep of her house in 238-A-II over a family dispute. Meanwhile, a 55-year-old man was also injured in a firing incident by his rivals on property dispute in the Hurbanspura police limits. The victim was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition and a case has been registered against Malik Zahid and Latif on the complaint of victim Saleem with no arrests being made so far.
CAR stolen: Unknown thieves have lifted a guitarist’s car from the parking of Minar-e-Pakistan during the procession of Imran Khan on Sunday. Tibbi City police have registered a case and started searching for the car. The complainant Sumair Rasheed, resident of Askari Flats in Walton, had gone to Minar-e-Pakistan to participate in the procession of Imran Khan on his car LRN-4138, which went missing after the rally.