TAXILA: One person was shot dead and two others were injured in separate incidents in the jurisdiction of Saddar Wah and Pindigheb police stations on Tuesday.

In the first incident, a man was shot dead by unknown masked men on G.T. Road near Swedish College within the jurisdiction of Saddar Wah police station.

Police sources said the deceased identified as Sajjad Khan, 35, a native of Charsadda, was intercepted on a road by two masked men and shot dead.

Separately, two masked men riding a motorcycle intercepted a passenger van and showered it with bullets. As a result, two passengers received bullet injuries and were taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital from where they were shifted to Rawalpindi due to their critical condition.

Man gets life term

A district and sessions court awarded life imprisonment to a man for burning to death his wife.

According to a police spokesman, Mohammad Kashif had killed his 22-year-old wife Hajra Bibi by sprinkling oil on her over a family dispute in the jurisdiction of Wah Cantt police station on March 5, 2021. The court also fined him Rs300,000 to be paid to the legal heirs of the deceased.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2024