Mominabad SHO Shahbaz Yusuf told Dawn that 18-year-old Zarqa Bibi had married of her own free will around three weeks ago and had been living with her husband.
According to the police official, Bibi’s family traced her and persuaded her to return to her parents’ home on the pretext of arranging a formal wedding ceremony.
The SHO said Zarqa returned home on Sunday night, where her brother allegedly shot her dead before fleeing the scene.
Her body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
The suspect has been identified as Safeer Khan. Police are conducting efforts to trace and arrest him.