Owner of private housing society gunned down in Rawalpindi
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Owner of a private housing society was gunned-down while his gunman received serious injuries when armed men opened fire on them outside the office of a senior district administration official in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Raja Daniyal Iqbal was standing outside the office along with his gunman Asim Rashid when the attackers targeted them in broad daylight.
Police sources said that the firing incident occurred due to an old enmity.
Sources said that during the recent past Daniyal Group had attacked a function organized by Metro City Project Gujar Khan in which a young man was killed.
The sources further revealed that a land measuring 200 kanals adjacent to a private housing society was the main cause of dispute between the two groups.
Today heavily armed assailants belonging to Omega City Project shot dead Raja Daniyal Iqbal while his gunman was injured. Raja Daniyal Iqbal belonged to Missa Kaswal area of Gujar Khan.
Soon after the incident heavy contingent of police led by SHO Waris Khan Police Station Tehzeb Shah arrived at the crime scene and shifted the dead and injured person to Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi.
Further investigation was underway.
Reporter: Ershad Qureshi