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RAWALPINDI, Dec 23: A medical professor at the Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC) committed suicide after killing the secretary of a housing society and injuring another person apparently over a property dispute on Saturday.
According to the police, Dr Tariq Mehmood had a dispute with Gulshanabad Housing Scheme secretary over the purchase of a house.
On Saturday Dr Mehmood went to the office of the housing society at Adiala Road and demanded of the secretary to refund his amount as he was no longer interested in purchasing the house as it was costly.
Quoting the injured Tanveer Alam, the police said after coming out of the washroom, the doctor pulled out his pistol and targeted the secretary from behind, killing him on the spot.
Tanveer Alam, a member of the housing society, sitting beside the secretary was hit on the legs. The doctor then turned his pistol on himself and committed suicide.
The police said the weapon used in the crime had been seized and a few currency notes were also found from the doctor’s pocket.
Arshad Mehmood, an office boy, told the police that when he heard gunshots, he rushed towards the office and found two people lying dead on the floor while another injured.
The dead and injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital.
KIDNAPPED BOY FOUND DEAD: A 17-year-old boy, who had been kidnapped for ransom from Girja Road by his cousin, was found dead in a well on Saturday, police said.
Waqar, son of Abdul Rauf, left for his cousin’s house on December 14, but did not return. His family started searching for him but failed to trace him after which they contacted the police.
Two days later, the police were informed that the family of the missing boy had received a telephone call from Mohmand Agency, and the caller had demanded Rs1 million ransom for the boy’s release.
The police took one of his cousins Jehangir into custody on suspicion. During interrogation, he revealed that he had kidnapped Waqar and killed him the same day. He then dumped his body in a well.
The police fished out the body and handed it over to the victim’s family.
Abdul Rauf, the father of the deceased, has been living in Saudi Arabia.
TWO KILLED: Two persons including a four-year- old boy were killed, while two others injured in separate road accidents in Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Saturday.
Police said Noman Mughal, 4, was playing outside his house when a mini-truck (RLC-2289) hit him killing him on the spot. The truck driver, Mazhar Iqbal was arrested and the vehicle impounded.
In the second incident, a 70-year-old man was killed while two other persons were injured in a road accident on Islamabad Highway on Saturday.
Police said a car (MD-GA 183) driven by Hanif in which Naheed Tariq, an adviser to minister for education Azad Kashmir was travelling, rammed into another car (GTD 58) while trying to overtake it on Islamabad highway.
As a result, Mehdi Husain, travelling in the car died on the spot, while the occupants of the other vehicle were injured.
