SWABI: A man allegedly shot dead his three sisters here on Thursday morning while two others saved their lives by hiding in a room, the police and Rescue 1122 officials said.

When contacted, SHO Zaida police station Alamgir Khan told Dawn that soon after receiving the information about the incident, a police team reached the spot in Mansoor Mohallah of Zaida city.

“When we entered the house, we found the dead bodies lying in different parts of the building. It seemed that when the accused shot one of the three sisters, the others started running for life, but they could not escape,” said another official.

According to SHO, the victims included Sonia, 18, Sumbal, 22, and Zarqa, 24. The other two teenage sisters hid in another room and remained unhurt.

The bodies were shifted to Bacha Khan Teaching Hospital Shahmansoor for autopsy.

According to the police, one of the slain sisters was recently engaged to a man who was already married and she expressed resentment over her engagement, which angered her brother.

Registering an FIR, Abdul Haleem, father of the victims, said that the accused, Noshad Khan, started arguing with his sisters over the engagement, but soon he took out a Kalashnikov and opened fire on the three sisters.

Meanwhile, dead body of a 22-year-old man, identified as Zahid Khan of Gandaf village, who had drowned in the Pehur High Level Canal Canal, was recovered by rescue team here on Thursday.

Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2024