LAHORE: A police officer in Lahore’s Samanabad area shot dead a woman before taking her own life, local media reported on Saturday.
According to police, a police constable named Asad opened fire, killing the woman on the spot before turning the gun on himself.
Authorities said the victim’s husband lives abroad while the police constable is single, however, an investigation has been launched to find out the cause of the incident.
Lahore Police earlier claimed to have shot dead two ‘dacoits’ in an alleged encounter in the city’s Shahdara area.
According to the police, the ‘encounter’ took place in Lahore’s Shahdara area when two people riding a motorcycle opened fire on a police party after they were asked to stop for a security check.
In the retaliatory fire, two ‘dacoits’ named Saif and Shahid were shot dead. The dead were involved in dacoits, attempted murders and other heinous cases.
