

In 2016, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf National Assembly member Soren Singh was also killed in Peshawar. Similarly, news channel anchor Ravinder Singh was killed in 2020 in the city. In 2018, Charanjit Singh, a prominent Sikh community member, was killed by unknown men in Peshawar. In September last year, a well-known Sikh Hakeem' (Unani medicine practitioner) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside his clinic in Peshawar. Most of the members of the Sikh community in Peshawar are involved in business, while some also have pharmacies.

About 15,000 Sikhs live in Peshawar, mostly in the Jogan Shah neighbourhood of the provincial capital Peshawar. The police believe that two attacks on Sikh men in Peshawar within 48 hours may be target killings but the real facts would come after thorough investigations.Ī Sikh businessman was shot dead in the city by unknown assailants in March. The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) is investigating the armed attack on Sikh trader Tarlok Singh who was injured in the attack on Friday.

A Sikh man was injured after he sustained bullet wounds on his legs on Friday. This is the second incident of armed attack on a Sikh man in the Yakka Toot area in the last 48 hours. They are investigating the case from different angles. Police have been directed to ensure the protection of life and property of law-abiding citizens in the province. The police chief said that they are close to arresting the main accused involved in the murder. Some suspects have been arrested in the murder of Singh, Ashfaq Anwar, the city police chief in Peshawar told reporters. Though Singh was shifted to a hospital, he was pronounced dead by the doctors, police said. This is the latest incident of targeted attacks against minority communities in Pakistan. Manmohan Singh, 35, was on his way to the interior city area of Peshawar from Rasheed Garhi, a suburban locality of Peshawar when some armed men attacked him near Guldara Chowk Kakshal, which comes under the jurisdiction of Yakka Toot police station. Pakistan police on Sunday arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of a Sikh man here who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, in a probable case of targetted killing.
