LAHORE: Banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi al-Alami on Saturday claimed responsibility for killing a retired professor belonging to the Ahamdi community.

Dr Ashfaq Ahmad, 68, a nutritionist by profession and a retired professor of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, was going along with his grandson and another relative by a car when near Shah Fareed Chowk, the attacker shot him in the head and fled the scene. Dr Ahmad was taken to the Mayo Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

Sabzazar police registered a murder case on the complaint of victim`s heirs and did not add terrorism charges in the case.

A news release issued by the Lashkar-eJhangvi al-Alami claimed that Riaz Basra brigade`s special commando had killed the retired professor.

Investigating Officer Naseem Ahmed said police handed over the body to the heirs after completing legal formalities.

He said initial investigation revealed that the man was targeted while adding he did not know about any statement of Lashkar-eJhangvi al-Alami. He said they were working on the case and would arrest the suspect involved in the killing.-Reponer