KASUR: The Saddar police on Friday arrested a man alive who was allegedly shot dead by unidentified rivals.

The video clip of the ‘killing’ was sent to his family and the police from the mobile phone of the alleged victim one and a half months ago.

Initially clueless about the whereabouts of ‘deceased’ Asim Jamshaid, police later, with the help of cellular data and other techniques, found that the man killed in the video was alive. He was found to be betraying the police to implicate former PML-N MPA Ramzan Siddique Bhatti of Lahore in a kidnap and murder case.

Jamshaid was wanted by Lahore police in a fraud involving millions of rupees from the petrol pump of MPA Bhatti.

The police initiated legal proceedings against him for misleading the police force and attempting to implicate a man in a fake murder case.

MURDER: A man shot dead a woman for allegedly marrying another man on Friday at village Burjrun Singh in the jurisdiction of the Chunian police station.

According to police, Kashif had an affair with Kubra Bibi, of the same village, but parents from both sides were not in agreement. Later, Kubra was married to another man, some months back.

On Friday, when Kubra came to the house of her father, Kashif forced his entry into their house and shot Kubra dead. Later, to end his life, Kashif shot himself in the head.

The injured was rushed to DHQ Hospital from where he was referred to Lahore General Hospital.

Police handed over the body of Kubra to the bereaved family and started investigations.

HELD: The Changa Manga police arrested four people for allegedly harassing a family and beating them at Changa Manga recreational park on Wednesday.

A family from Lahore, according to police, went to the recreational park on the day of Eid where some people, due to the security lapse, started teasing the women. When male members prevented them, the suspects beat them. They also beat women when they intervened.

Meanwhile, someone informed the police that rushed to the spot but only to be attacked and, later, the suspects fled.

The family, however, soon left the park but the police initiated investigations on their own when the news of the incident went viral on social media. Police arrested four suspects but denied that the vagabonds attacked the police party.

Police said there was no complainant of the incident as the family left the park without submitting any application.

Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2024