Spurned suitor? Man who shot female kabbadi player dies

His relatives have demanded an FIR against Sultana’s relatives

FAISALABAD: The man who was reported to have shot and injured Saba Sultana, an international kabbadi player, on August 18 succumbed to a gunshot wound at Allied Hospital on Tuesday.

The Nishatabad SHO told The Express Tribune that Malik Imran, a resident of Kamalpur, had tried to woo Sultana but she had spurned his advances.

He said that Imran had asked Sultana to marry him but she had told him off sternly after which he had broken into her house and shot her.

He said residents of the area had chased Imran as he tried to flee.

After, they had managed to surround him, he had shot himself in the head, the SHO said.

Imran and Sultana were taken to Allied Hospital for treatment.

Imran breathed his last on Tuesday. Sultana is still under treatment.

His relatives staged a demonstration on Tuesday in front of Allied Hospital and demanded that the police register a murder case against Sultana’s relatives who, they alleged, had shot Imran.

Naseer Haider, one of the protesters, said Sultana and Imran were going out.

“She had asked him to meet her at her house but when her relatives saw them together, they shot Imran. Sultana had tried to save Imran. That’s how she got injured,” he said.

Haider said Imran had managed to escape from the house but her relatives had followed him to a field where they had shot him in the head.

He said that Sultana’s relatives had wanted to kill Imran there and then but were unable to do so as several people had gathered at the scene.

The protesters blocked Jail Road for traffic for several hours.

Police told the protesters that they would provide them justice. The protesters then called off the protest and dispersed.

The SHO said that the body had been taken to a mortuary.

He said further action would be taken after they received the autopsy report.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 26^th, 2015.