RAWALPINDI: A woman and her eight-year-old son were hit and killed by a passenger train near the Chaklala Railway Station on Tuesday while three people were murdered in separate incidents during the Eidul Azha holidays.

Railway police said Ambreen Shaheen, 34, a resident of Gharibabad, and her eight-year-old son Mujtaba Azhar were crossing the rail track near Chaklala Railway Station when they were hit and killed by Awam Express.

Basit Hashmi, 42, a resident of Quaid-i-Azam Colony, said in an FIR lodged with the police that he along with his mother Tayyaba Khatoon and sisters Kanwal Hashmi, Mona Hashmi and Maryam Hashmi were at home when Maryam’s ex-husband Munir Alam Khan arrived and threatened them of dire consequences for filing a case against him.

The complainant said Khan then shot his sister Maryam and injured her critically, who later died. He then shot his sister Mona and rushed to the TV lounge and shot and injured his mother Tayyaba.

Mr Hashmi said he was also injured after he came under attack while trying to overpower Khan. Later, the suspect fled from the scene.

On hearing the sound of gunshots, people from the neighborhood gathered in the house and shifted the injured to Benazir Bhutto Hospital.

He said his sister Maryam had taken Khula from her husband a year ago.

Aqeel Ayub was murdered over a dispute of marriage in the Civil Lines police area on Eid day.

The deceased’s wife, Nabeela Naz, lodged an FIR with the police saying she along with her husband and their sons were at home when they heard noise in the street. She said when her husband went out, a person identified as Bilal shot him. The injured died before being taken to hospital.

The third murder case was reported to the Kahuta police on the second day of Eid by Shahbaz Khan.

The complainant said he was playing volleyball in a ground when Shah Mir and Saim had a quarrel over some issue. He said the issue was settled between them but when Mir was going home at night, six people carrying batons and axes blocked his way and started beating him.

He said Mir’s grandmother Asghar Bibi came to his rescue but she was also attacked and injured critically.

Asghar Bibi was shifted to hospital where she died. The culprits are yet to be arrested.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2022