Police book unknown assailants for murder attempt on PML-N MPA

Lahore police on Saturday registered a case against unknown assailants a day after a gun attack on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Bilal Yaseen by unknown armed men.

According to the FIR registered at the Data Darbar police station, the PML-N leader said two men on a motorcycle attempted to kill him outside the house of a PML-N worker near Data Darbar.

As a result, Yaseen got bullet wounds on his leg and abdomen, the FIR maintained, adding that he was currently under treatment at Mayo Hospital.

Meanwhile, sources in the police blamed the murder attempt on contract killers. They said that they were investigating the causes and perpetrators of the attack.

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According to the police, they have compiled lists of Lahore's top shooters and raids were being conducted to arrest the suspects.

A day earlier, Yaseen was shot and injured by unidentified assailants in Lahore. According to police officials, the men on two motorcycles had opened fire on the PML-N MPA after he visited a party worker in the Data Darbar area of the city.

The MPA had suffered two bullet injuries in his leg and stomach, a police official said, adding that he was rushed to the Lahore Mayo Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has taken notice of the incident and directed police officials to submit the report at the earliest.