Woman killed, husband injured for ‘honour’

Police register case against woman’s family on husband’s complaint

RAWALPINDI:

A woman was shot dead while her husband suffered serious injuries when armed men opened fire on them on Adiyala Road on Monday.

Police said that the couple came to get a fresh identity card when the suspects opened fire on them outside NADRA office. According to the preliminary investigation, the police said that the woman’s relatives were involved in the incident.

The woman was identified as Husun Taj and her husband Saqib Mehmood, said the police, adding that the couple tied the knot seven months ago. Mehmood lives near ​​Adiyala Road.

Soon after the incident, police rushed to the spot and shifted the body and the injured to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital. Forensic teams reached the crime scene and collected evidence.

A police spokesperson said that CPO Omar Saeed Malik has taken notice of the incident and asked SP Saddar Ahmed Zunair Cheema to submit a report. The CPO has also ordered the immediate arrest of the suspects involved in the killing.

Mehmood informed the police that his wife's family members opened fire. Police have registered a case on the statement of Mehmood.

Security guard killed

Unidentified robbers killed a security guard and looted Rs8.3 million from a cash van in the Dhamyal area of Rawalpindi on Monday.

According to police, as the crew of the cash van approached Zafar Plaza to deliver cash at a money exchange shop on Dhamiyal Road, three armed robbers in a vehicle showed up and attempted to snatch cash from the staff.

When the security guard named Nisar resisted, one of the robbers opened fire. As a result, the security guard was fatally injured. A moment later, he succumbed to his injuries while the robbers decamped with the looted cash.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 24^th, 2022.