MANSEHRA: A man committed suicide after shooting at his sister-in-law in Oghi tehsil here on Sunday. In another incident, a boy died after drowning in the Indus river.

According to the police, Moin Gul fired gunshots at his wife in their Chagri village house after they had heated exchanges. However, his sister-in-law jumped in front of the bullets and suffered critical injuries.

The man later shot himself dead, while the injured woman was shifted to the civil hospital, whose doctors referred her to the Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad, where her condition was stated to be critical.

Also in the day, young man Umair Taib slipped into deep water while swimming in the Indus River to beat the heat.

Published in Dawn, July 3rd, 2022