Female medical student shot dead after quarrel in Lahore

LAHORE: A female medical student, who along with family recently shifted from Saudi Arabia to Lahore for education, was shot dead in firing during a quarrel in Chung Town housing society, ARY News reported on Sunday.

According to a first information report (FIR), an underage driver – identified as Abdur Rehman – rammed his car into another vehicle – in which the victim’s family was present, resulting in a quarrel.

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Following the collision between vehicles, the underage driver called his uncle – who later opened fire which claimed the life of female medical student.

The FIR stated that the suspect was over-speeding, drifting and rammed his vehicle into the victim’s car.

“The underage driver’s uncle and other suspects opened fire after arriving at the spot,” the FIR stated, adding that one of the bullets hit the female medical student.

The victim was shifted to hospital, where she succumbed to injuries, the FIR added.

The police, while taking action, arrested two suspects and recovered a weapon. However, three more suspects are at large.

The affected family moved to Lahore from Saudi Arabia for their daughter’s education.

Meanwhile, the victim’s family also penned down a letter to Punjab Chief Minister and sought protection, saying that the ‘influential’ suspects were pressurising them for reconciliation.

In a similar incident, an underage driver, Afnan, whose rashly-driven car had hit a vehicle, leading to deaths of six members of a family, including two children, in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Lahore.

The family was reportedly returning home in two cars after visiting relatives in Shadab Colony on Ferozpur Road. As they reached near a roundabout, the car rammed into their vehicle.

The tragic incident had also led the head of the family to traumatic stress when he saw his wife Rukhsana Bibi (45), son Husnain (25), daughter-in-law Ayesha (23), son-in-law Sajjad (30), four-month-old grandson Huzaifa, and granddaughter Anaya (4) in a pool of blood.

Car driver Afnan Shafqat, who was overpowered by the locals on the spot, appeared to be a teen and the police had arrested and booked him soon after the incident.

Underage driver, Afnan Shafqat, who was involved in the deadly road accident in Phase-VII of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), has ‘intentionally’ rammed his car into the family, it was learned.