CHITRAL: District police officer of Lower Chitral Qamar Hayat has revealed that a local teenage girl, who reportedly died by suicide in Prayeet village recently, was actually killed by a relative.

He told reporters here that the girl’s father told the police on Dec 27 last year that her daughter had taken her own life by firing in a car and the bullet she fired hit an accompanying elderly man, Abdul Khaliq, killing him on the spot.

The DPO said the postmortem revealed that the man suffered two bullets, which raised suspicion about his death, so a joint investigation team comprising SP (investigation) Sattar Khan, SDPO Iqbal Karim and investigation officer Abrar Ahmad was formed to look into the matter.

Mr Hayat said the investigation revealed that the girl fled her house andreached Chitral city, where she was held by the police, which handed her over to her father.

He added that the girl was killed as she was being taken to her village in a vehicle, which carried six people.

He said Nasirullah fired gunshots first at the girl, his relative, and then at Abdul Khaliq killing them on the spot.

The DPO said Nasirullah killed the two as he had extramarital affairs with the girl and the elderly man, Abdul Khaliq, who was their relative, knew about it.

Published in Dawn, January 12th, 2024