Two shot dead over ‘honour’ in Torghar

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MANSEHRA: A man killed his sister and her alleged paramour in Judbah area of Torghar district in the wee hours on Saturday, police sources said.

The police said when the killer entered his house he found a neighbour there with his sister.

They said that it infuriated him, prompting him to open fire, leaving both of them dead on the spot. Later, the suspect managed to flee from the scene.

A complainant, the father of the victim, lodged First Investigation Report with the police stating that his son had gone to meet his neighbours but, the owner of the house suddenly showed up there with a weapon in his hand and opened fire on his son. The victom was killed on the spot.

The Judbah police registered FIR against the suspect.

The police said that they had started making raids to arrest the suspect.

Published in Dawn, December 31st, 2017

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