Grisly killing: Couple, daughter shot dead in Gujar Khan

GUJAR KHAN:

The Changa Maira village of Gujar Khan was shaken by a grisly triple murder incident when a man, his wife and their 20-year-old daughter were shot dead by unidentified assailants at their house on Sunday night.

According to locals, the only daughter of the slain couple was supposed tie the knot on Monday before all the three were shot dead by assailants. The victims were identified as Muhammad Altaf, his wife, Sadiqa, and daughter, Sabiha.

Following the brutal killing, SP Dr Ghayas Gul and DSP Mirza Zaman Gujar Khan, the SHO and other police officials reached the crime scene and shifted the bodies to the tehsil headquarters hospital for medico-legal formalities.  Later, the bodies were handed over to relatives for burial.

The police registered a case and started collecting evidence from the crime scene for further investigation.

According to the locals, the couple had the only daughter and they were making preparations for her marriage with a local resident Tayyab.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1^st, 2015.