CHARSADDA: A man freed from the prison was shot dead by his rivals in Charsadda bazaar on Saturday.

Eyewitnesses said the victim, Waqar Azam, going home after being released from the Charsadda prison, was attacked by his opponents on Mardan road in Charsadda bazaar. He died instantly. The attackers escaped the area.

The police registered a case on the complaint of Laal Zada, uncle of Azam, against two accused, Saifullah and his father, Ihsanullah.

Meanwhile, the Mutahidda shopkeepers` federation expressed concern over frequent firing incidents and killings in the main bazaar.

A traders` leader, Hakeemullah Fauji, said incidents of firing and sabotage had grown due to the nonavailability of police personnel in the bazaar.

He said increasing lawlessness had badly affected business activities in the Charsadda bazaar and demanded of the local administration to depute more police personnel in the market to avert such incidents in future.