Doctor shot dead over marriage

Victim allegedly killed for bring engaged to suspect's ex-wife

FAISALABAD:

A doctor was shot dead within the limits of Saddar police station late on Friday night.

Police said on Saturday that Dr Haq Nawaz Wattoo, a resident of Raza Town, was returning home in a car after closing his clinic near Sitiana Road when four suspects on two motorcycles reportedly opened fire and injured him critically.

The attackers fled the scene, while the victim succumbed to his injuries on his way to hospital.

Taking notice of the murder, City Police Officer (CPO) Umar Saeed Malik constituted a committee, headed by SSP Investigation Capt (retd) Muhammad Ajmal, to probe into the incident and arrest the murderers at the earliest.

Police registered a case against four suspects, including Tanveer and his brother Ajmal, residents of Satiana Road.

The police arrested five suspects, including the two nominated accused. Meanwhile, Waleed Nawaz reported to police that his father had arranged his third marriage with a woman who had divorced the suspect Tanveer.

Over the issue, Tanveer, his brother Ajmal and two others allegedly shot Dr Nawaz dead. Further investigation was under way.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2022.