LAHORE: Three people, including a teenaged boy, were allegedly killed in separate incidents in the provincial capital on Wednesday.

In Raiwind area, a teenager hanged himself from a rod fixed in a wall of his house when his mother refused to give him mobile phone to play games.

The incident took place in Mission Colony and the police handed over body to the family after legal formalities.

A police official said Ayan used to spend most of his time with his mobile phone and his mother would admonish him.

On Wednesday, he said, Ayan’s mother snatched his mobile phone, suggesting him to do his school work and went out of her home for some work.

As she came back, she found his son’s body hanging from a rod and she immediately alerted the police, he said.

In another incident, a young man was allegedly stabbed to death by his uncle over a trifle in Sanda, according to the police.

Identified as Umar (25), the man suffered multiple injuries when suspect Idrees attacked him with a dagger and he succumbed to his critical wounds in a local hospital.

The suspect fled the scene shortly after the incident and the police shifted the body to the city morgue for autopsy.

A young girl died of critical injuries when a motorbike hit her in Manwan area, the police said adding that Reeha was going to a market for Eid shopping.

The police arrested the motorcyclist and started investigations.

Published in Dawn, April 4th, 2024

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