RAWALPINDI: Two persons were gunned down and two others injured in separate incidents in New Town and Race Course police limits.

A police official allegedly killed his uncle and injured his son in the Race Course area incident.

Police said the suspect identified as Ahmad was an official of Punjab Constabulary (PC). He is the fifth police official booked by in Rawalpindi in two murder cases during the last two days. However, none of them has been detained by the police so far. Of the five police officials, four were associated with Muhafiz Squad.

Omer Azmeer, a resident of Dhoke Chaudhrian, lodged an FIR with the Race Course police stating that he and his father Haji Imrooz Khan were sitting in their pen when Ahmad appeared on the scene in uniform and challenged them.

He said Ahmad threatened to teach them a lesson for allegedly killing his brother and fired gunshots at him, injuring him critically.

As his father came to his rescue, he was also shot and injured by Ahmed, the FIR said.

The injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ) where Khan died. The deceased was an uncle of the alleged killer.

A police spokesman said the concerned unit had been informed about the constable`s involvement in the incident and raids were being conducted to arrest him.

In the second such incident, a man was gunned down while a pedestrian injured in a targeted attack near the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) on Saturday.

Mohammad Shahzad complained to the New Town police that his brother Tahir Mehmood had friendship with a woman.

He said his brother received a call from the woman asking him to meet her in the HFH.

The complainant said he accompanied his brother to the hospital on a motorcycle. On the way, Kashif, the husband of the woman, and one Omer on the pillion intercepted them. He said the pillion rider allegedly pulled out a pistol and shot Tahir dead.

A pedestrian identified as Mohammad Khan also sustained a bullet injury to his leg.

Earlier on Saturday, a man was killed and a woman injured in a clash between two groups over a land dispute in Murree, Rescue 1122 said, adding the injured was shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital. -Staff Reporter