APAKISTANI anchorpersonwas shot dead at her home in Rawalpindi, with police taking her husbandinto custody and seizing the suspected weapon. Rabia Ahsan, who worked as an anchor and programme host with a local private TV channel, was found dead at her homein theGulshanabad area of the city on Sunday,the ‘Dawn’ newspaper reported. City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Mushtaq Sukherasaid Ahsan’s husbandhadbeen takenintocustody and the suspected weapon seized. An investigation has been launched, he added.

 

Sukhera, along with the senior superintendent of police (SSP) operations and the SSP investigations,visited the crime scene with ateam of forensic experts. According to the CPO,a male domestic worker at the house told police that the victim’s husband had claimed that the gunshot was fired accidentally. Sukherasaid teams from the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) were collecting evidence from the scene,while the body was being taken to ahospital for postmortem examination. Acase was being registered and an investigation would be conducted on merit, he said.