FIR registered against unidentified assailants for killing Ahmadi community member in Mandi Bahauddin

FIR registered against unidentified assailants for killing Ahmadi community member in Mandi Bahauddin.

Key points

• Zaheer Abbas Sial Published September 3, 2026 Updated September 3, 2026 05: 39pm.
• According to the FIR, the incident took place at 6: 42pm on Wednesday near Eidgah Road.
• Zahir Abbas Sial has been reporting for Dawn News (TV) since 2011.
• The case was registered at the City Police Station on a complaint lodged by the victim's son.
• The complainant informed police that he was at a hospital attending to his mother-in-law when he received a call from an employee at his workshop.

Zaheer Abbas Sial Published September 3, 2026 Updated September 3, 2026 05: 39pm. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A first information report (FIR) has been registered against unidentified assailants for the killing of a member of the Ahmadi community in Punjab's Mandi Bahauddin district, police remarked on Thursday.

In practice, the case was registered at the City Police Station on a complaint lodged by the victim's son. Provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) have additionally been included in the FIR.

According to the FIR, the incident took place at 6: 42pm on Wednesday near Eidgah Road. Police records put the crime scene regarding five furlongs northeast of the City police station.

For context, the complainant informed police that he was at a hospital attending to his mother-in-law when he received a call from an employee at his workshop.

Notably, the employee informed him that his father had been shot and was lying beside his motorcycle, the FIR stated.

For context, the complainant immediately rushed to the scene and discovered his father lying on the ground near his motorcycle. He had died by the time the complainant arrived, according to the FIR.

In practice, the report remarked the victim would travel by motorcycle every day from his workshop to a place of worship in the city to offer prayers.

Meanwhile, the complainant further informed police that neither his father nor any other family member had any enmity with anyone. He alleged in the FIR that the killing appeared to be a targeted attack intended to spread fear and panic among members of the minority community.

As well as Section 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, the case was registered under Sections 302 (punishment for murder) and Section 34 (acts done by a number of persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code. Police have introduced an investigation into the killing.

Zahir Abbas Sial has been reporting for Dawn News (TV) since 2011. His coverage spans investigative reports, crime, and social justice problems throughout multiple Punjab districts. He can be discovered on X at @ZaheerAbasSial.

Taken together, the developments around FIR registered against unidentified assailants for killing Ahmadi community member in Mandi point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.