Youth attempts suicide after killing beloved

Altaf of Miana Gondal tehsil Malakwal developed understanding with a girl of Khewa village

By Our Correspondent
November 23, 2024
A representational image of a police tape wrapped on a tree at a crime scene. — AFP/File
A representational image of a police tape wrapped on a tree at a crime scene. — AFP/File

MALAKWAL: A youth attempted suicide after killing his beloved when their parents refused their marriage.

According to police, Muhammad Altaf of Miana Gondal tehsil Malakwal developed understanding with a girl of Khewa village.

They both wanted to marry, but their parents were not agreed to do so.

On the day of the incident, the girl came to see Altaf in Shafqatabad where they both planned to commit suicide.

To execute the plan, Altaf shot her with pistol and after this he shot himself in the chest and sustained critical wound.

He was rushed to the DHQ Hospital.

Altaf was an employee at a private bank in Mandi Bahauddin.