A Pakistani man has been charged with allegedly killing the administrator of a WhatsApp community after he was removed from the chat in the South Asian country’s Peshawar city, media reports said.
This is reportedly the first such case reported in Pakistan.
The incident occurred on Friday.
The victim is identified as Mushtaq Ahmed.
The suspect, Ashfaq Khan, reportedly opened fire on him after an altercation broke out over removing him from the group.
Humayun Khan, the victim’s brother, told that he was present at the scene when Khan opened fire on his brother, saying they were not aware of the details of the altercation.
“It was a non-issue or a very trivial matter. No one in our family even knew about the dispute at all,” he said.
Abid Khan, a local police officer, told that the brother of the deceased had lodged a complaint with police.
Abid said the suspect escaped from the scene after shooting at the victim.
Police are conducting raids to apprehend him