TOBA TEK SINGH: A local industrialist was killed while trying to confront thieves, who were fleeing after stealing his vehicle, on Saturday night in Faisalabad.

Complainant Hassan Ashraf, the brother of deceased Mian Rehan Ashraf, in his FIR registered by the Civil Lines police, said that his brother was present in a family function at the Chenab Club when his vehicle`s tracker went off.

He said that they rushed to the parking area and found that his vehicle had been stolen, while the security guard, who had taken the keys to park the vehicle, was also absent from duty.

The complainant added that he and his brother, by using the tracker, followed the vehicle and found it near the Fesco grid station on Jaranwala Road. He claimed that they tried to stop the vehicle but one of the suspects opened fire on his brother and a bullet hit him on the neck and he died instantly.

Faisalabad CPO Tanveer Hussain met the family members of the deceased and assured them that the suspect would be arrested at the earliest.