NOWSHERA: Two men and a woman were shot dead for ‘honour’ here on Saturday.

A police official said Zeenat Khan and her father-in-law Wali Mohammad were shot dead by the woman’s brother Javed Khan with the help of his uncle when the deceased were sleeping in their home late on Friday night.

Sources said Zeenat Khan had married Amjad Khan in a local court about two years ago and lived in Umer Abad.

The bodies were taken to the district hospital for post-mortem.

Amjad Khan filed an FIR against Javed Khan and his uncle at the Akora Khattak police station for murder of his wife and father.

Meanwhile, police found body of an Afghan man in Dagi Khel, Nowshera Kalan.

Police took the body to the district hospital for autopsy.

Police said the unidentified Afghan was accused of forcibly taking Shabeena Naz, daughter of Abdul Rasheed, to Afghanistan.

They said it appeared that brothers of Ms Naz had killed the man as they were missing from their home.