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Man killed on suspicion of illicit relations

FAISALABAD/BAHAWALPUR: A man suspected of having an affair with a woman in the neighbourhood in Rahim Yar Khan was killed on Wednesday allegedly by her father.

Police said an FIR had been registered by the father of the deceased. The suspects, they said, were missing.

Police said Pannu, a Basti Gorganj resident, had doubted that his daughter was having an affair with a neighbour- 28-year-old Qurban Ali.

On Wednesday, they said, Pannu called some of his friends caught Ali on the street and attacked him with an axe. They hit him till he died and fled.

Some passers-by, who informed the police, said they had tried to catch the assailants, but failed.

The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination

Station House Officer Chaudhry Muhammad Safdar Sindhu said that a police team was looking for the suspects.

Express Tribune