Man gunned down ‘for honour’

Accused suspected that the deceased was in an illicit relationship with their relative

MUZAFFARGARH:

Armed suspects allegedly killed a man for honour within the limits of Rangpur police station on Thursday. According to the application filed by Altaf Hussain, a resident of Mouza Syedpur, he stated that he was at home with his brother Muhammad Saleem and other relatives.

Suddenly, Muhammad Khalid, armed with a 12-bore repeater and his companions Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Majid, Mumtaz Ahmed, Ashiq Hussain and an unidentified person entered the house and allegedly attacked Saleem. They shot him in the left eye and he fell to the ground, whereupon the other accused started beating him with sticks before fleeing the scene. The injured Saleem was rushed to Rural health centre Rangpur, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The motive behind the incident was that Muhammad Shahzad was reportedly suspicious of an illicit relationship between the deceased Muhammad Saleem and his sister. Police registered a case against five nominated and one unidentified accused and started searching for them.

In October of last year, a man allegedly shot and killed his sister and former brother-in-law in Jaranwala before fleeing the scene. Police took the bodies of the two victims into custody and shifted them to a hospital. Raids to find the absconding accused, who allegedly committed the act for honour.

According to details, 26-year-old Mehboob Alam came to meet his ex-wife, 25-year-old Ayesha Kanwal, at her house on Saturday. Both of them were sitting and talking when Ayesha Kanwal's brother Sajjad also came to the house.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 8^th, 2024.