A man opened fire at his and his in-laws houses in Lahore on Friday, killing six people including his parents and a teenage nephew. According to police sources, 60-year-old Ghulam Hussain, 55-year-old Asiya Bibi, 35-year-old Raheela Khurram and 15-year-old Humayun Khurram along with 50-year-old Shagufta and 60-year-old Aslam, said to be the accused’s mother and father-in-law, died in the shooting.
The injured woman has been identified as 55-year-old Rani Bibi.
According to details, a tragic incident of killing of six persons of a family as a result of indiscriminate firing took place on Friday morning in PCSIR Colony College Road Ameer Chowk area and Mohalla Joyianwala Sheraz Town. Accused Abid Hussain ,addicted to ICE, got angry for some reason with his family members and opened fire with an automatic weapon, killing four members of his parental family as well as two members of his in laws including his father in law. A total of seven persons were targeted by the accused out of which six persons were killed and one Rani Bibi, mother in law of the accused got injured and hospitalized later.
Lahore Police took immediate action and arrested the accused Abid Hussain foiling his escape attempt. Acting CCPO Lahore DIG Investigation Shahzada Sultan had directed the senior police officers to immediately arrest the accused involved in this heinous criminal act.SSP Investigation Imran Kishore, SSP Operations Mustansir Feroze, SP Saddar Operations and Investigation along with senior police officers, forensic teams and a heavy contingent of police rushed to the spot and collected evidence as soon as the information was received.
The accused Abid had fled in his car after the firing, however the attempt to escape was foiled by the Dolphin team responding promptly on emergency helpline 15 call and arrested the accused from College Road and recovered a rifle from the vehicle which was used in the tragic killing offense.
According to the preliminary investigation, the accused is addicted to ICE and had got furious on some domestic issue.
The acting CCPO Lahore DIG Investigation Shehzada Sultan has commended the excellent performance and timely action of relevant Dolphin Squad teams.
The accused has been handed over to the Investigation officers for further interrogation. Meanwhile Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan has taken notice of killing of six persons in Green Town area of Lahore and sought a report from the Acting CCPO Lahore.
The IGP directed the police officers concerned to arrest the culprits and provide justice to the family members on priority basis.
The tragic incident took place Friday morning at PCSIR College Road Amir Chowk and Shiraz Town Mohalla Joyianwala in Green Town area of Lahore.
