A young psychologist was killed and injured in an attempted flight qualified near Hill Park on Shaheed-E-Millat Road on Tuesday morning, police announced.
The victim, Syed Shaheer Javed, 27, was intercepted by armed attackers on the service adjacent to the wedding hall of Bagh-O-Bahar. The police said that the suspects had opened fire when the victim resisted, injuring him before fleeing the premises with his newly bought motorcycle.
Shaheer is the son of Javed Saba, a noted poet and a senior screenwriter of the New Express – Shabbir program at Dekhe Ga.
According to the investigators, the victim, a resident of the Defense phase, had just dropped her nephew in a school located within the boundaries of the Balouth colony and was on the way to a private hospital of Stadium Road, where he is employed as a psychologist. Family sources said they bought the new motorcycle only three days ago.
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He was initially taken to a nearby medical establishment for emergency care and then traveled to a private hospital on Stadium Road. The doctors said that his condition was stable and that he is out of danger.
After receiving information, Sho Ferozabad Tariq Mehmood reached the premises with a police contingent and summoned the crime scene unit for evidence. A worn ball case, found on the incident site, was sent for a medical-legal examination.
According to the SHO, the suspects – took place three to four years and driving two motorcycles – were clipped towards the colony of Manzoor after the attack. Video surveillance images of the surroundings are being examined as part of the investigation.
The police are making efforts to identify and stop the culprits.
