Staff Reporter
In a tragic turn of events taking place on Tuesday near Ghalib Market police station remits, a woman has allegedly died by suicide after she shot herself.
According to the limited details on the case, the deceased woman has been identified as Sundus, a mother of two minors, who the police said has apparently pulled the trigger on herself in a fatal attempt at suicide.
A woman died by suicide outside the office of a fashion designer in Lahore’s Ghalib Market, the police said on Tuesday.
According to witnesses, the woman was waiting for someone outside the shop. “After a while, a man came and they started talking but in the middle of the conversation she took out a pistol from her bag and took her own life.”
The police said the victim was around 35 years old and a resident of Karachi.
“She came to Lahore after a fight with her husband,” the investigation officer said.
The man the woman met and two other people have been taken into custody for questioning. Further investigations are under way.
