Summary He pointed a loaded gun to his head and threatened to shoot himself to marry 'love of his life'.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Police has successfully apprehended an armed man who threatened to kill himself outside the Police Lines building. The man had a rather unusual demand that is to marry a woman who as he claims works at the Police Lines and had broken up with him after dating for 2 years.
Man named Kamran had attempted to dramatically hold the nation hostage amidst the dramatic exchange of words as the sights were reported live on national news channels.
Kamran claims to be a textile worker who had a broken heart after the woman he claims to be dating for 2 years broke up with him. “I am a textile engineer and this woman is the love of my love but his father doesn’t want us to marry” he said while talking to Dunya News. “They have relocated and the woman won’t return any of my calls which is why I have resorted to this attempt. I realize what I did was wrong but then what’s unfair in love?”
The man went on to target the character of the woman saying she was probably with him in anticipation of ‘unlawful’ relation but he wanted to proceed after ‘properly marrying her’.
Police has taken the man into custody and locked him up. Reportedly, the man appears to be mentally stable.
During apprehension, the gun went off accidently which could have proven deadly but no one was harmed. Earlier, the man had also fired in the air a number of times.
The incident is being compared to the one in Islamabad last year where a man named Sikandar held Jinnah Avenue hostage for at least 5 hours demanding the “Sharia” to be implemented. Unlike that, Kamran’s scene lasted only a few minutes after which he was apprehended by the police in the drop scene.
