Alleged Suicide: Man found shot dead
A motive for the murder could not be ascertained. The police have begun investigating.
HARIPUR:
A man was found shot dead in the jurisdiction of City Police Station on Sunday. According to the police, Zahoor Elahi, who hails from Darvesh village, said that his younger brother, Liaquat Ali, was employed at a vegetable shop with Amraiz Khan, who is from the same village. On Sunday night, he found Liaquat’s dead body at Amraiz’s shop. Eyewitnesses told Zahoor that Liaquat had committed suicide. The complainant, however, rejected the claims of the eyewitnesses and lodged an FIR without nominating anyone responsible for the murder. A motive for the murder could not be ascertained. The police have begun investigating.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2011.
A man was found shot dead in the jurisdiction of City Police Station on Sunday. According to the police, Zahoor Elahi, who hails from Darvesh village, said that his younger brother, Liaquat Ali, was employed at a vegetable shop with Amraiz Khan, who is from the same village. On Sunday night, he found Liaquat’s dead body at Amraiz’s shop. Eyewitnesses told Zahoor that Liaquat had committed suicide. The complainant, however, rejected the claims of the eyewitnesses and lodged an FIR without nominating anyone responsible for the murder. A motive for the murder could not be ascertained. The police have begun investigating.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 14th, 2011.