Pakistan Crime
Pakistan: Woman shot dead by ASI in Daska
Daska: A police patrol official shot dead a woman when she was on her way to attend a wedding ceremony with her family in Pakistan's Daska region on Thursday, media reports said on Sunday.
Azhar Mahmood and his family were on their way to Daska from Gulshan-i-Adeel Colony, Kunganwala, by a rickshaw when Akbar Post personnel signalled the rickshaw to stop, reports Dawn News.
The driver allegedly tried to avoid the picket and ASI Waqas Masood opened fire on the rickshaw.
Azhar’s wife Tanzeela Azhar, 32, was injured when a bullet hit her and she died within a few minutes, reports Dawn News.
Sialkot District Police Officer Muhammad Hassan Iqbal, SP Investigation Farooq Amjad and other policemen reached the spot after the incident.
Khurram Shahzad Malik, the spokesperson for the district police, told Dawn News ASI Waqas Masood confessed to opening fire on the rickshaw.
Azhar, who belongs to Gujranwala, told Dawn that there was no picket and a police team chased them when they were about to reach the village to attend a wedding ceremony.
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