Security guard ‘shoots himself’

An 18-year old security guard allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself using a 30-bore pistol, police said on Tuesday. The victim, identified as Sajid, was found dead along with the pistol beside him at guesthouse of the owner Ali Abbas located at Chowk Sarwar Shaheed. Police said that an investigation was started to find out whether the man had committed suicide or may possibly have been killed at the workplace where he was on duty as a security guard. The exact reason for the apparent suicide was yet to be surfaced, the police officials added. However, the police department was conducting investigation on both of the aforementioned angles.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 3^rd, 2021.