70-year-old man commits suicide

He was upset over business losses owing to construction of the metro bus.

ISLAMABAD:

A 70-year-old man shot himself dead with a 30-bore pistol at his home on Monday, said a police officer.

The Industrial Area police said Abid Ali Qureshi, a resident of Sector I-8/4, owned an electronics business in Rawalpindi.

The deceased’s wife told police that her husband was upset over business losses owing to construction of the metro bus.

Besides, Qureshi was a diabetic and a patient of blood pressure, said investigation officer Ali Raza.

The deceased had three children studying at local universities. After the postmortem, police handed over the body to the family.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 19^th, 2015.