PESHAWAR: A young man kills his teenage lover while riding a rickshaw and then commits suicide in the city of Peshawar, KPK province.
As per Urdunews, a young man shot and killed a female passenger while traveling in a rickshaw and then committed suicide. According to Peshawar police, this incident occurred on Saturday within the jurisdiction of the East Police Station at Aman Chowk.
The police reported that a dispute occurred between Gul Badin and a girl named Zarmine while they were riding in a rickshaw, which led the young man to open fire. After shooting the girl, Gul Badin shot himself and committed suicide.
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Both individuals are said to be from Chitral. The boy’s cousin told Urdu News journalist Fayaz Ahmed that for the past year, Gul Badin had been asking for the girl’s hand in marriage, but her family had refused. According to close relatives, the girl was pursuing a technician diploma in Peshawar.
The rickshaw driver tried to take them to the hospital, but both succumbed to their injuries on the way. DSP Cantt Amjad Khan stated that upon receiving the incident report, the police took the bodies into custody and transferred them for post-mortem examination.