DERA MURAD JA­MALI: A man allegedly shot dead his married daughter and her alleged paramour in a village of Subatpur district late on Saturday night.

Police claimed Rahim Bakhsh Domki opened fire on Hamida Bibi and Allah Dad Domki in Goth Taj Muhammad, killing them both on the spot.

Personnel from the Shaheed Muhammad Ali police station shifted the bodies to the district hospital Subatpur for autopsy.

The suspected killer fled the scene after the committing crime.

Police termed it a case of “honour killing” and said investigation had been initiated.

Published in Dawn, May 21st, 2018

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