LARKANA: Armed men gunned down a young woman and injured her husband within the limits of Civil Lines police station, here on Wednesday.

According to police, Marvi Khatoon and her husband Aijaz Mahar were returning back home after attending a court when armed men shot them dead near Christian locality in the city. They were rushed to Chandka Medical College Hospital where Marvi succumbed to her injuries while her husband was under treatment.

Police said they married of their free will two years ago. Jawad was a resident of Bahawalpur (Punjab), who married Marvi daughter of Muhammad Nawaz Gadhi of Larkana. Neither any arrest was made nor any FIR was registered by the relevant police till the filing of this report. The accused left the spot without being chased by the cops.