ISLAMABAD: Anchorperson Rabia Ahsan was found shot dead at her house in Rawalpindi, with police taking her husband into custody as part of the investigation.
Ahsan was found dead in the bedroom of her residence at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Road with a gunshot wound below her neck, Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera told reporters
Ahsan’s husband was taken into custody, and police seized the suspected weapon used in the shooting.
CPO Sukhera said that Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) teams were collecting evidence from the scene of the incident, while the body was being taken to the hospital for postmortem examination.
media reports, citing police sources, stated the husband told investigators the firearm discharged accidentally, causing the death of his wife.
Rabia Ahsan was an anchorperson at 92 News, a prominent Urdu-medium private media outlet in Pakistan.
The reports also said Ahsan is a government employee of Grade 18 at the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, adding that the couple have two daughters.
However, a Rawalpindi police spokesperson told media the suspect had yet to be questioned, and investigators would not draw conclusions before completing their inquiry.
Police have not publicly confirmed the circumstances of the shooting or established whether it was accidental or deliberate.
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