Deadly attack: One killed, another injured by robbers

BAHAWALPUR:

Gunmen shot a man dead and injured another during a robbery in Mubarakpur on Saturday.

Ghulam Mustafa and his family were asleep at their home in Saadat area when two men scaled the wall and started collecting valuables and cash. When Mustafa and his family woke up, the robbers started shooting at them.

Mustafa was injured and his nephew, Kamran, was shot in the head and died on the spot.

The robbers took away Rs600,000 cash, three tolas of gold and mobile phones.

Bahawalpur SP Investigation Shabbir Sethaar, Ahmadpur East DSP Chaudhry Shafqat Atta, SHO Channi Goth Shabbir Ahmad, SHO Naushera Jadeed Arshad Bhutta arrived at the spot after the incident.

Mustafa, who is admitted in a hospital, told police that he had identified one of the robbers, who was his maternal nephew, Qamar. Police have registered a case against Qamar and another unidentified accomplice.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 31^st, 2014.