DIJKOT:

A woman was shot dead allegedly for refusing undesired advances.

According to officials, Gulzar alias Jara, expressed a desire for friendship with 30-year-old Alia Bibi, wife of Ashfaq, at a centre of a nongovernmental organisation at the Kokian Wala Chowk, which she resisted.

The suspect fatally shot the victim in the head and fled.

On receiving information, Razabad SHO Khawaja Imran Manan reached the spot along with a team, took the body into custody, shifted it to a hospital for post-mortem and started a search for the suspect.

In another incident, Waqar Farooq, a resident of Samundri, complained to the police that his 30-year-old brother Muhammad Tahir had died after being poisoned over a business dispute.

The complainant stated that the victim had Rs3.47 million due against the suspects Khurram Javed, Adeel and Akram regarding his business of eggs.

He stated that Khurram had called his brother to Adeel’s house on Thursday, where they served him a drink, after consuming which his health deteriorated.

He was referred to the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad where he died.