PESHAWAR, April 20: An under trial prisoner was shot dead at Judicial Complex here on Wednesday.

A police official of East Cantonment police station said that an accused, Niamat Khan, facing murder charges was about to be produced in the court of an additional district and sessions judge when his rival Alam Khan opened fire.

The prisoner and two passers-by sustained bullet injuries. They were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital where Niamat Khan succumbed to his injuries.

The attacker was arrested and booked for murder.