The Karachi police on Monday has detained a bridegroom, along with his friends, on murder charges after aerial firing on occasion of celebrating the wedding claimed the life of a man in Nusrat Bhutto Colony.
It is to be noted that, the information about the above mentioned has been shared by the police. The bridegroom as well as his friends were arrested and book in a murder case.
As per the Shahrah-i-Noor Jehan Police, “Some people resorted to the firing into the air when the groom side came out of a house in Nusrat Bhutto Colony late on the Sunday night.”
The statement further added that, “However, one of the bullets hit 50 years old Saad Hussain Shah when he was descending the stairs from his neighbouring house. He suffered a critical bullet wound and died on the spot.”
They added that a police team rushed to the spot and nabbed the suspect Arif Siddiq, who allegedly resorted to the firing. The police following the incident has also received a pistol from him.
Noting to the statement, they said that, “The bridegroom, Umer Nazeer, was also taken into custody.”
Meanwhile, Area SHO Qamar Kiani said that, “a case under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code was registered against the duo on the complaint of the victim’s brother.”
He alleged that the groom had asked his friend Siddiq to carry out firing in jubilation and he was also booked and arrested in the case.
