Man fires at fiancee's house for cancelling marriage, kills her mother

GUJRANWALA: In a vengeful action against cancellation of marriage, a Gujranwala man resorted to indiscriminate firing at his fiancee’s house, which led to killing of the latter’s mother and injuring her sister.

The sorrowful incident took place in Ferozwala area of Gujranwala. The body and the wounded girl were shifted to a nearby hospital. However, the attacker fled from the scene.

The suspect was identified as Farooq, who had been engaged to daughter of his maternal uncle two years ago. 

The family had refused to marry their daughter to Farooq and the girl was engaged to someone else a few days back.

The girl was a vaccinator at the government health department, while her mother was a lady health worker, police told the media.

Police added that the suspect opened fire after he got to know that his ex-fiancee is going to solemnise nikah with another man after Eid ul Fitr.