SIALKOT, Jan 17: Four unidentified motorists shot dead three people and injured a passer-by here on Tuesday near Ranjhai on Daska-Gujranwala Road. Reports said Naveed along with his cousin Sajid was going to Lahore by a cab (LXG-5801) for receiving his father at airport. Near Ranjhai village, four men riding a car (ID-2406) opened fire killing them on the spot. Taxi driver Arshad succumbed to his injuries on way to Daska hospital. A passer-by, Inayat, sustained serious injuries. He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition.

The reason behind the killings could not be ascertained and the family denied any enmity.

Daska Saddar police have registered a case with no arrest.

Meanwhile, Gujranwala Range DIG Zafar Abbas Lak and Sialkot DPO Dr Tariq Khokhar visited the spot. Later, Mr Khokhar told the press that special teams had been formed and the accused would be arrested soon.

In another incident, landlord Muhammad Malik’s gunman Basharat Ali was shot dead on Monday night by nine men at his outhouse over an old enmity in Uggoko Chak-Satrah, Daska tehsil.