RAWALPINDI: Five members of a family, including an official of Airport Security Force (ASF), were gunned down over an old enmity on Monday.

The six family members were travelling in a vehicle when they were targeted by their rivals in the limits of Chontra police.

Police said three of the victims died on the spot while two succumbed to their injuries later and another was in critical condition in hospital.

Shortly after the incident, police led by the SP Saddar and rescue teams arrived at the scene and shifted the injured and bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital. Later, Saqib and Tabinda succumbed to their injuries in hospital. Police identified the other deceased as Shuja Younis, Atif and eight-year-old Anabiya. Falak Sher was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.

Police said the incident was an outcome of an old enmity, adding Sher Ali and Naeem Sultan were among the attackers. Police said raids were underway to arrest the killers who escaped from the scene.

Meanwhile, a police constable who was injured in a road traffic accident on Sunday passed away on Monday.

Police said Ambreen Noor left behind a son and a daughter. She was laid to rest in her native town of Jatli. Ambreen joined the police department in 2015 and was considered as a hardworking staffer.

Couple shot,injured during robbery

A religious scholar and his wife were shot and injured during a house robbery in the capital, police said on Monday.

The incident took place at a house located in the area of D-14 during Fajr prayers, they said, adding that four people armed with weapons raided the house when the couple was offering prayers.

Later, the gunmen held them up at gunpoint and looted mobile phone from the scholar, Haroon. They opened fire when the scholar put up resistance.

As a result, Haroon sustained a bullet injury , while his wife, Uzama, received the bullet injury to his left arm. Later, the robbers ransacked the house, looted valuables, and escaped. A case was registered at Golra police station.

Meanwhile, a gang of a dozen people armed with kalashnikov and pistols looted cash from a godown of Khalid Mehmood, located in the area of Punjgran, the police said, adding that the gang held up the staff at gunpoint and raided the godown.

Later, they looted cash amounting to Rs515,000 from the godown and mobile phones from the staff, they said, adding that they also looted three DVRs.

While escaping from the spot, they threw the mobiles outside the godown.

Published in Dawn, January 9th, 2024