GUJRANWALA: Two men were shot dead by unidentified gunmen while as many were injured seriously in Wazirabad on Monday.

According to reports reaching here, Sabir Hussain along with his friend, Naseer, was buying fruit from a shop on Ahmadnagar Road when unidentified gunmen reached there in a car and opened indiscriminate fire. As a result of the firing, one Saifullah Warraich and shopkeeper Haji Mushtaq Mughal died on the spot while Naseer and fruit vendor Imran Malik were injured seriously.

The injured were shifted to the Wazirabad Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital where the doctors referred them to Gujranwala District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in a critical condition.

A contingent of police reached the site and collected evidence from the crime scene.

It is reported that Saifullah Warraich was involved in a land dispute at Bharoki Cheema village in which several people had already been killed.

Published in Dawn, April 19th, 2022