TAXILA: Two persons were killed and a teenage boy was injured in separate incidents in Attock and Taxila on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said.

In the first incident, a van driver was shot dead over a dispute within the limits of Fatehjang police station.

As per the police, Faheemullah, a native of Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), was driving his van when one of the tyres struck a drainage line.

Subsequently, sewage splashed over the clothes of two motorcyclists passing by the vehicle. The van driver and motorcyclists exchanged heated arguments, and out of rage, the motorcyclists took out pistols and shot the van driver. As a result, he died on the spot, and the motorcyclists managed to escape from the scene.

Meanwhile, a man was stabbed to death in the Hattian area within the premises of Hazro police station.

Police sources said a passerby spotted the body of Shabbir, a native of Nartopa village, in a pool of blood with cut marks on his body.

Shabbir’s body was shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, where it remained unattended for four hours as the doctor was absent from duty.

Social and public figure Qammar Zaman Khan along with the heirs of the deceased protested against the absence of the doctor from his duty for four long hours and demanded deputy commissioner Attock and the chief executive of the District Health Authority to take notice of the situation.

In another incident, 18-year-old student Umais was knocked down by a car on Hattar Road near Nehar stop within the limits of the Taxila police station.

The car driver escaped from the scene, and the injured boy was taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taxila.

Published in Dawn, April 17th, 2024

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