Peshawar: Pakistan police on Sunday arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of a Sikh man here who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, in a probable case of targetted killing. Manmohan Singh, 35, was on his way to the interior city area of Peshawar from Rasheed Garhi, a suburban locality of Peshawar when some armed men attacked him near Guldara Chowk Kakshal. This is the latest incident of targeted attacks against minority communities.
Though Singh was shifted to a hospital, he was pronounced dead by the doctors, police said. Some suspects have been arrested in the murder of Singh who was a ‘hakeem’ (Unani medicine practitioner), Ashfaq Anwar, the city police chief in Peshawar told reporters. The police chief said they are close to arresting the main accused. This is the second incident of armed attack on a Sikh man in the Yakka Toot area in the last 48 hours. A Sikh man was injured after he sustained bullet wounds on his legs earlier. The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) is investigating the armed attack on Sikh trader Tarlok Singh who was injured in the attack. The police believe that two attacks on Sikh men in Peshawar within 48 hours may be target killings. A Sikh businessman was shot dead in the city by unknown assailants in March.