Man shot dead

Published December 27, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Dec 26: A man was shot dead during a scuffle, police said here on Monday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Qasim, a resident of Abbottabad. He suffered a bullet injury to his neck during a scuffle between some persons in a house at Faizabad.

Later, the accused brought the injured to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) and escaped.

Asghar Ali Shah, the father of the deceased, lodged an FIR with Shahzad Town police, stating that his son was allegedly killed by Raja Akhtar and an unknown person at a house in Faizabad.

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