A firing incident took place at a house on Adiala Road, Gulshan-e-Abad in Rawalpindi, resulting in the death of female anchorperson (journalist) Rabia Hassan.
Police sources said that the female anchorperson worked in a news channel (92 News), the Rawalpindi slain anchorperson broadcasted her last program on a private TV at night.
The husband of the deceased was also included in the investigation, police sources said that they are investigating whether the female anchor was allegedly raped or not.
CPO Rawalpindi Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera, while talking to the media in Gulshan-e-Abad, said that the murder of anchorperson Rabia Ahsan has been reported to us. Rabia Ahsan’s body was found in the bedroom. The anchorperson was hit by 1 bullet from the front below the neck.
He said that we have started the investigation into the murder, the Punjab Forensic Science Laboratory team has also arrived at the scene, we have recovered the weapon used in the murder from the scene, the police have arrested the husband of the deceased anchor, Ahsan, they are collecting evidence and will register an FIR.
The Rawalpindi spokesperson said that the husband of the deceased was taken into custody, the murder weapon has also been seized, PFSA teams are collecting evidence from the scene, the body is being shifted to the hospital for postmortem, a case is being registered in the incident, investigation on merit will be ensured.
The murderer’s husband Ahsan gave an initial statement to the police, the accused is an 18th grade employee of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, police sources said that the deceased has 2 daughters, the deceased anchor person also has a salon in Islamabad, Rabia and Ahsan had a marriage of choice.
Police sources said that there was no disagreement between the Rawalpindi couple, and the victim’s mother and sisters were also present at the time of the murder.
The accused also gave an initial statement to the police in which he said that the bullet was fired accidentally, which hit Rabia. Rawalpindi police are investigating further.