MUZAFFARGARH: A man was shot dead and two other persons were injured when two motorcyclists opened fire on them for being stopped from harassing girls in Khangarh area.

Reports said a family was strolling in the morning when two men on a motorcycle came there and harassed the girls. Their father Abdul Shakoor, brother Ghafoor and Muhammad Hussain came there and caught a motorcyclist but the other man opened fire on them. Ghafoor died on the spot while Shakoor and Hussain were injured.

The injured were sent to the Nishtar Hospital, Multan.

The Khangarh police registered a case.

DPO Tariq Wilayat and his team reached the spot and ordered the IT and forensic teams to collect evidence.

Khangarh SHO Imran Hameed had already been suspended from service in a rape case.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2022