Shaukat Ali opened fire at his wife, Mina, over a domestic issue, leaving her seriously injured. Police have registered a case against the husband and are conducting raids to arrest the accused.
“She succumbed to her injuries in the hospital while her husband fled the scene. The police started searching for the accused after registering a case against him,” SHO Banr police station Tariq said.
This is not the first time a local celebrity has come under such an attack.
In February 2019, Labab, a Pashto actress, was killed in Mardan. The actress, who was known as Gulalai, was on her way to Mardan from Peshawar when she went missing three days ago. She was staying with her sister in Peshawar.
On Tuesday, a man killed his wife after she demanded return of the dowry given to her because her husband would not give up on his wish to marry a third time.
Sadiq Khan of Dobian village registered a First Information Report (FIR) with the police claiming that he was cleaning his pistol when he accidentally pulled the trigger and shot the wife.
However, Police refused to believe his version and interrogated him after which he confessed to having killed his wife over a dispute.