A youth shot dead his elder sister after an exchange of heated arguments over dinner in Lahore, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.
Police have registered an FIR of the murder case on behalf of victim’s mother Surriya.
SHO Chung Nasir Hamid said that a minor dispute erupted between the 17-year-old Usman and his 24-year-old sister Zarqa as they were breaking bread at their home Chung area of Lahore.
Usman got infuriated over the tiff and suddenly took out a pistol, shot her sister and fled away. The young girl received severe bullet injury.
Soon after the incident, local police reached the crime scene and shifted Zarqa to Jinnah Hospital in critical condition but she succumbed to her injury and died.
The SHO Chung said that police team later transferred the dead body of Zarqa to Jinnah Hospital’s mortuary for autopsy.
The police officer further assured the complainant that the accused will be apprehended soon.
Reporter: Waqas Ahmad