Four shot dead in Rawalpindi district court

: At least four people have been killed in a firing incident at a district court in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

According to details, three gunmen opened fire at a man named Chaudhry Shaukat, his brother and his nephew who were being taken to the court for a hearing.

The police claimed to have arrested two of the suspects and said that the incident was an organised crime. One suspect was arrested immediately after the incident and the rest had fled to Morgah.

However, upon following them, the police managed to arrest one more miscreant, while the third one is still at large.
One passer-by, also shot in the incident, succumbed to his wounds.

Shaukat, his brother and nephew were suspects of a crime and were being escorted out of an armored vehicle into the court when the gunmen opened fire at them. Sources say both the parties belonged to the same family and had links to the underground.

According to details, Chaudhry Shaukat, resident of Dhok Elahi Bux along with three others were brought this morning on board armored personnel carrier to the court of Additional Session Judge, when they were attacked by the rival Kala Khan group.

Chaudhry Shaukat, his brother Arshad, nephew Mithu and a passer-by were killed on the spot. The bodies have been shifted to nearby District Headquarters Hospital for post mortem.

It should be mentioned here that the two rival groups ran gambling centers and entered a dispute over a bargain several months ago. Shaukat Group killed four rivals including Kala Khan.

Meanwhile the District Bar President Malik Jawad Khalid while talking to media said that the incident happened due to the poor security management of police and police has failed to protect the applicants, lawyer and accused coming into the court.

He said that we demanded installation of CCTV cameras and walk through gates for proper checking but the police officials did not take notice of our demand due to which such type of incidents happened after days and months. SANA