Murder: Two people killed in separate incidents
A man and a woman were killed in separate incidents near Khairpur on Sunday night.
KHAIRPUR:
A man and a woman were killed in separate incidents near Khairpur on Sunday night. Accused Abdul Razzaq Metlo opened fire on his wife, Shamul, in Qadir Bux Meitlo village near Pir jo Goth. The Ahmedpur police said Shamul died on the spot. A case has been registered against Razzaq, who is on the run. The reason for the murder has not been ascertained yet. The police handed over Shamul’s body to her family after legal formalities. Separately, unidentified armed men raided a date-palm garden near Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, and shot a worker, Abdul Shakoor Katohar. He died instantly while the culprits escaped. The A-section police moved the body to Civil Hospital, Khairpur for an autopsy. The police believed Katohar was shot because of an old enmity.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2011.
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