In a shocking development from the neighboring country Pakistan, two Sikh businessmen were shot dead in broad daylight in Peshawar on Sunday.
As incidents of atrocities on minorities in Pakistan are on a rise, in a shocking development from the neighboring country, two Sikh businessmen were shot dead in broad daylight in Peshawar on Sunday. The incident took place in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where two unidentified shooters fired bullets at the two Sikhs further leading to another addition of targeted killing of the minority community members in the restive province bordering Afghanistan.
The two men identified as the 42-year-old Saljeet Singh and 38-year-old Ranjeet Singh died on the spot after being attacked by the two bike-borne assailants this morning. They were in the business of spices and had their shops in the Bata Tal Bazaar in Sarband where the incident took place.
While no group has so far claimed responsibility for the killing, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Mahmood Khan has condemned the attack and further directed the police to take immediate steps to arrest the culprits. Claiming that the incident was a conspiracy to disrupt the inter-faith harmony in the province, he further said that justice will be served to the families of the victims.