RAWALPINDI: A second-year student was found shot dead in Dhoke Kala Khan in the jurisdiction of Sadiqabad police on Thursday morning.

Minhal Tahir, 17, had gone missing after leaving her grandmother’s home for a tuition centre on Tuesday afternoon.

A pistol was found lying beside the body when the police recovered it from an under-construction house located near her grandmother’s house where she lived.

The body was found lying on the rooftop of the under-construction house. “She was shot in the head and a pistol was lying in her hand,” Zahid Mehmood Raja, the victim’s uncle, told Dawn.

He suspected that Minhal’s maternal uncle Raja Mohammad Qaiser could be involved in her murder as she had already complained against his attitude. He said Mr Qaiser had been missing from his house since Wednesday.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ijaz Shah told Dawn that the police were in the middle of their investigation to ascertain the circumstances in which the girl was killed.

He said a case had been registered and the body was handed over to her family after a postmortem.

The girl’s father Raja Tahir Mehmood along with his wife was in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah when the incident occurred. Minhal had been living with her grandmother’s family since she was five years old.

Mr Zahid said Minhal was a second-year student at the Degree College for Women in Dhoke Kala Khan and was taking her exams.

He said Minhal’s parents were reaching home tonight from Saudi Arabia after which the deceased would be laid to rest.

Published in Dawn, May 25th, 2018