PESHAWAR: Two alleged assassins were killed and another person was injured when gunmen opened fire at a cab in University Town here on Tuesday, police said.

Superintendent of Police Cantt Faisal Shahzad told Dawn that the deceased were returning to Lala Zar Colony after appearing in a local court in connection with criminal cases when their rivals opened fire on them on Arbab Road.

The police official said all the three persons in the car received serious injuries and were shifted to Khyber Teaching Hospital, where two of them were declared dead while third one, the car’s driver, was under treatment. The deceased were identified as Fazal Rehman and Naushad Khan belonging to Tehkal area of Peshawar city.

The official said that Attaur Rehman, brother of Fazal Rehman, had nominated their rivals in the FIR registered at the Town police station.

Meanwhile, unidentified men shot dead a youngster in Achini Balla on the outskirts of the city on Monday night. Police took the body into custody and registered case against unknown men in Serbund police station.

One Rizwanullah told police that his younger brother, Amir Khalil, went out of home late in the evening, and later his body was recovered from fields.

Meanwhile, police claimed to have arrested a person allegedly involved in a double murder case committed at Faqirabad during a robbery attempt last month.

Jamil Anwar Siddiqui of Faqirabad had lodged an FIR with the police stating that his mother and sister-in-law had been slaughtered inside their house on Sept 25. Afterwards, police began investigation which led to arrest of the alleged murderer, Imran of Saeedabad Shabqadar from Sialkot, said SSP investigation Masud Ahmed Khalil. He said Imran was nephew of slain woman, Hazrat Bibi.

The police official said the murderer had also stolen 30 tola gold and Rs45,000 from the house, adding that police recovered 15 tola gold from him. He said an accomplice of the alleged killer had sneaked into Afghanistan after committing the crime.

Published in Dawn, October 15th , 2014