18-year-old newlywed shot dead, husband critically injured in Karachi's Gulshan-i-Hadeed
KARACHI: An 18-year-old recently married woman was shot dead and her husband critically injured in the Gulshan-i-Hadeed area while the couple was returning to the city after appearing before a court in Thatta district, police said. Malir Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abdul Khaliq Pirzada told Dawn that the victim was originally from Dhabeji in Thatta district and had recently married a…
An 18-year-old woman, newlywed, was fatally shot and her husband critically injured while returning to Karachi after appearing in court in Thatta district, according to police. Malir Senior Superintendent of Police Abdul Khaliq Pirzada informed the news agency Dawn that the victim hailed from Dhabeji in Thatta district and had recently married a man from Korangi.
The woman's family had filed a habeas corpus application in a Thatta court, which the couple had appeared before. Following her statement in favor of her husband, she was shot and killed while the couple was riding a motorcycle. Her husband and another relative sustained serious injuries. Police have arrested one suspect and are pursuing others.
The incident occurred near Attock Petrol Pump on the National Highway, where unidentified suspects in a white Suzuki Alto targeted the motorcycle carrying the couple and a companion. The injured were transported to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical College. The groom's father alleged that the girl's father orchestrated the incident, claiming that the court had ordered Thatta police to protect the couple during their return journey, but they were dropped off in Gulshan-i-Hadeed, which falls under Karachi police jurisdiction.
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