ANI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
A 19-year-old Pakistani lady was on Monday shot useless over honour by her father on the gates of Karachi Metropolis Courtroom for marrying of her free will, in line with town’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shabbir Ahmed Sethar, Pakistan’s Daybreak newspaper reported.
Throughout the incident, head constable Imran Zaman, 40, and one other particular person, 20-year-old Wajid Kaleem, have been additionally injured. Each the injured have been then taken to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi together with the lady’s physique, the SSP stated.
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Based on SSP Sethar, the suspect behind the firing, Ameer Jan Mehsud, 65, was arrested and a weapon was recovered from him.
Pirabad Station Home Officer (SHO) Mukhtiar Ahmed Panhwar stated the investigators, together with Zaman, had introduced the lady to the court docket to file her assertion below Part 164 of the Code of Legal Process (recording of confessions and statements) when the incident occurred, Daybreak reported.
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The SHO stated the police officer deployed on the court docket’s entrance was suspended over costs of negligence.
SSP Sethar stated, “The suspect was chasing [the girl]. When she reached Gate 4 of Metropolis Courts, the suspect opened fireplace on her.”
He added the suspect was alone on the time of the incident, Daybreak newspaper reported.
He additional stated, “The sufferer had married a person, who is claimed to be a physician, along with her free consent and her father killed her over so-called honour.”