Removed from WhatsApp group, Peshawar man grabs gun, shoots dead admin

Angered and slighted after being removed from a WhatsApp group, a man in Peshawar ignored reconciliatory attempts, chased the WhatsApp group’s admin, and shot him dead. The murder over WhatsApp group took place in the Regi Safed Sang area on March 7, according to Pakistani media outlets. This incident has now sparked outrage on the internet too.

The exact reason why the murder accused, Ashfaq, was removed from the WhatsApp group by its admin Mushtaq Ahmed, isn’t known yet. It is also being suggested that there could be a history of enmity between the two but the removal of Ashfaq might have acted as the trigger.

In the Peshawar case, a first information report (FIR) has been registered on a complaint by the victim’s brother, Humayun. A police probe is going on, according to Dialogue Pakistan, a Pakistani news media outlet.

The complainant stated how his brother, Mushtaq, was the admin of a WhatsApp group and had an argument with Ashfaq over his removal from the group.

Humayun, who was an eyewitness to the argument, said that they were on their way to Ashfaq’s residence to settle the issue, but he opened fire on them, according to a report by Tribal News Network, a Peshawar-based news agency.

The two brothers tried to escape and hid at a petrol pump but Ashfaq followed them inside and shot and killed Mushtaq on the spot, according to .

The police have now handed over the victim’s body to his family after a postmortem examination.

No arrests have been confirmed by police so far.