MANSEHRA: Two persons were shot dead here on Friday night, the police said.

They said that Mohammad Azeem opened indiscriminate fire at the Shahnawaz Chowk, leaving two persons, namely Mohammad Sadiq and Jawad Butt, seriously injured.

Local people rushed the injured to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, where doctors pronounced both of them dead. Later, the bodies were handed over to their families after completion of the medico-legal formalities.

The police said that Azeem attacked Sadiq after their sons had exchanged harsh words earlier in the day. They said that Jawad Butt, who was passing by the area, also came under the firing.

The police after lodging FIR started raids to arrest the accused, who managed to escape following the incident.

Meanwhile, the Lassan Nawab police on Saturday arrested a man for murdering his friend for honour.

SHO Abdul Hameed told reporters that the blind murder had taken place the other day. He said that police arrested the victim’s friend, who confessed that he had killed his friend for having illicit relations with his wife.

Mr Hameed said that the accused used to stay out of his home in search of employment, and the deceased, according to him, used to come to his home in his absence and developed rotations with his wife.

Published in Dawn, April 30th, 2023