SAHIWAL: A youth allegedly killed a girl for rejecting his marriage proposal and committed suicide at village Kot Maan Singh, tehsil Pakpattan, on Monday.

Muhammad Afzal, son of Muhammad Iqbal, sent a marriage proposal through his parents for one Jameel’s eldest daughter, Maria.

The villagers told the police that Jameel rejected the proposal. After the rejection, Afzal went to Jameel’s house again on Monday and asked for a reply to his marriage proposal. When Jameel refused to accept it once again, the infuriated Afzal brought out a pistol and opened fire at Maria who died on the spot. After shooting the girl, Afzal ran out of house but after covering 200 yards in the street, he stopped and shot himself.

Chak Badian Police Station House Officer Rana Muhammad Imran said both the bodies had been sent for autopsy.

Published in Dawn, April 3rd, 2018