A groom in Peshawar was killed on the day of his Walima ceremony over a dispute on filming the women who were present at the function.

According to the family of the deceased, an argument over recording a video of the women dancing at the event led to the shooting incident.

As per reports, some of the guests were offended by the act, which is considered unethical in most areas of the Khyber-Pakhtunkwa province.

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The suspect identified as Abid shot down the groom a few minutes before he was leaving for the reception.

   The accused, including one of the brothers-in-law of the groom, ran away after the incident. According to police, the body was shifted to the hospital for a postmortem with search to arrest the accused underway.

A special team headed by the Faqeerabad DSP has been formed to arrest the suspects.