OKARA: A man shot dead his estranged wife at Chak 34/1-AL and injured his minor daughter for attempting to save her mother on Thursday.

As per the first information report (FIR), Mustafa and Najma used to quarrel with each other over petty matters. The couple had a 12-year-old daughter, Minahil. Some days back, they had another quarrel and Najma left the house to live with her parents with her daughter.

Mustafa, along with brother Qaisar and father Nawaz went to his in-laws and opened fire at his wife. Their daughter, Minahil, attempted to save her mother but she also received bullet shots. Najma died on the spot while the armed suspects managed to escape.

Rescue 1122 shifted the injured Minahil to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Renala.

Shergarh police, along with a crime scene unit and forensic team collected evidence from the site.

On the report of Najma’s brother Amir Ali, police registered a case against Mustafa and three other suspects.

Source: Dawn