A man shot dead his wife and critically wounded his young daughter when she tried to save her mother in Fateh Mohammad Lashari village within the limits of Tangwani police station in Kandhkot district on Tuesday.

Police officials said that Muqeem Lashari killed his wife Sadori Khatoon and wounded his 10-year-old daughter Shamshan when she came before her mother to save her. The suspect managed to escape from the area by firing into the air, they said.

Police shifted the dead body and the wounded to the nearest hospital in Tangwani from where the girl was referred to a Sukkur hospital due to her precarious condition. Sources said that post mortem on the body was not carried out at the Tangwani hospital due to unavailability of a lady doctor, so the body had to be shifted to Kandhkot civil hospital. It was later handed over to heirs after completion of medico-legal formalities, said the bereaved family.

The sources said that police were reluctant to give motive behind the murder. The suspect might have shot dead his wife in the name of honour. Police had not made any arrest nor registered any case yet, they said.

Source: Dawn