Female medical student shot dead ‘for rejecting proposal’

KOHAT: A man shot dead a medical student in Kohat after she turned down his marriage proposal, police said on Sunday.

Asma, a third-year student at a medical college in Abbottabad, was on vacation in her hometown Kohat when the incident happened, Kohat Development Authority police station SHO Gul Janan said.

When Asma and her sister-in-law reached home on Saturday, Mujahid Afridi and an accomplice opened fire at her as she got out of the rickshaw and fled the crime scene, the police official said.

Asma was shot thrice and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she died on Sunday, SHO Janan said.

In her statement, Asma had identified Mujahid, a nephew of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf District President Aftab Alam, as the person who had fired at her.

The suspect wanted to marry Asma and was putting pressure on the family to accept the proposal, the police said.

A case was registered against Mujahid under Sections 324 and 302 of Pakistan Penal Code.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, January 29^th, 2018.