Islamabad police arrest suspects after young man is killed five days before his wedding
A team led by Khanna SHO Shahid Zaman made the arrests, police say, while investigators continue collecting evidence and establishing the motive.
ISLAMABAD: Police have arrested suspects in connection with the killing of a young man who had arrived in the federal capital for his wedding, which was scheduled to take place five days later, according to the police account provided.
A team from Khanna police station, led by Station House Officer Shahid Zaman, carried out the operation after a case was registered over the incident.
According to the account of the FIR, the suspects allegedly persuaded the young man to accompany them on a pretext and subsequently shot him. They then fled the scene.
The account did not specify the pretext allegedly used to take him away, his relationship with the suspects or the circumstances leading up to the incident.
Police said those allegedly involved had now been arrested and were being questioned as investigators worked to establish the motive and reconstruct the sequence of events.
Evidence collection remains under way, according to police. The arrests represent a development in the investigation, but the available information does not establish why the young man was targeted or the alleged role of each person in custody.
No details of any weapon recovery, forensic findings, confession or subsequent court proceedings were provided.
