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A police official said that Khadija Latif, a resident of Moza Noor Ahmedabad, had a riendship with Ataullah. He added the two had fallen in love with each other and decided to marry.
He maintained that two months ago, the couple ran away from their homes and tied the knot against the will of their family members.
He pointed out that the woman’s father, Abdul Latif, lodged a case for the kidnapping of his daughter at the police station. However, the police managed to trace the couple and sent Khadija back to her home. Meanwhile, when Khadija’s uncle Azhar Manzoor came to know about her secret marriage, he was enraged, the official said.
He mentioned that on the day of the incident, Azhar came to Khadija’s house and opened fire on her. As a result, she was killed on the spot, while her mother Sonan Mai suffered bullet injuries while she tried to save the girl. Later, the accused managed to escape from the spot.
A case had been registered against the alleged assailants and raids were being conducted to arrest them.
Earlier, a man gunned down another who he suspected of being his wife’s friend in Shah Sadar Din Town, Dera Ghazi Khan.
The police said that Irshad, a resident of Munawarabad, had suspected that his wife M* had illicit relations with an area shopkeeper Sajjad Bhatti. In a fit of rage, Irshad and his brother Fayyaz Hussain allegedly barged into Sajjad’s shop and opened fire on him. As a result, he was killed on the spot. The accused also opened fire on his wife and injured her.
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