LAHORE: A man has allegedly shot dead his sister and her husband for their love marriage in Lahore.

According to police, the incident took place on Monday evening near Pir Ghazi Road Ichchra. The 24-year-old Kainat had eloped from Gujranwala to marry 25-year-old Asad.

The suspect opened fire on the couple and left them badly injured. Police and rescue teams had arrived at the site of the incident and the injured were rushed to a Services Hospital Lahore in critical condition but they could not survive.

Police said the victim girl’s brother Gulsher was involved in the murder who managed to flee from the site of crime. They said evidence were being collected with the help of forensic experts for furthering the investigation on different aspects.

Police have shifted the dead bodies to morgue for post-mortem and launched search for the suspect.