RAWALPINDI:
At least three people were shot dead in two separate incidents in Rawalpindi on Sunday.
In a double murder incident on Banda Road in Rawat, two people were targeted while going on a motorcycle in the first incident.
According to the police, 20-year-old Muhammad Siraj and 28-year-old Muhammad Bilal Aziz, residents of Jarrakhi, were going to Dhok Badhal on a motorcycle to offer condolence on the death of their relatives when suspects named Mohsin Amin and five others opened fire on them. The suspects fled the scene after killing them, the police said.
As soon as the information was received, SP Pothohar Nabeel Khokhar and SHO Rawat Inspector Zulfiqar reached the spot, collected the evidence from the spot and shifted the bodies to the hospital for an autopsy.
On the other hand, a rickshaw driver named Muhammad Ishaq was killed by a computer operator working with the Islamabad police along with two colleagues due to a quarrel in the limits of the Airport police station.
According to the spokesperson of the federal police, the police official involved in the incident has been suspended.
Meanwhile, Rawalpindi police have registered separate cases of both incidents and started an investigation.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 19th 2024.
