A man was murdered and a woman injured in a firing incident in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal police precincts on Friday. The deceased, identified as Bilal and the woman as Aasia, were residents of Jamal Colony Hanjarwal. According to details, Aasia had an extra-marital affair with Bilal.
On day of the incident, the couple was returning from the shrine of Data Darbar when Bilal’s friends, Amir, Aijaz and Afzal, opened fire on them near Wahdat Road.
The severely injured couple was rushed to the hospital where Bilal succumbed to his injuries while the condition of Asia was stated as critical. The police have arrested the three accused after registering a case on the complaint of the deceased’s maternal uncle.
WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE: A woman committed suicide by taking poisonous pills over domestic issues in the Ichra police precincts on Friday. The deceased, Saima, a resident of Rana Street Aziz Park, had a verbal clash with her husband about not taking her to USA along with him.
Following the exchange of harsh words, Saima took the pills. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The police took the body to the morgue for an autopsy and said investigation would be initiated after the post-mortem.
FIRE BREAKS OUT: A fire broke out due to short circuiting, on Friday, in Askari Ghee Mill’s store room destroying valuables worth thousands of rupees. Fire fighters reached the spot and extinguished the fire after considerable efforts.
THEIVES ARRESTED: Anti-Motorcycles Lifting Staff, Civil Lines Division, arrested two people wanted for theft and recovered 9 motorcycles from their possession on Friday. The arrested people were identified as Shahzad Siddique alias Heera and Aqeel.
Man gunned down by friends
