Peshawar: Pakistan police have arrested a security guard accused of killing lecturer Bashir Ahmad at Islamia College in Peshawar city of the country, media reports said on Tuesday.

The accused, Sher Muhammad, was arrested from the Karak district and sent to Peshawar, reports The Express Tribune.

A team of Peshawar police was despatched to arrest the accused person.

According to reports, Bashir, a senior teacher of the English Department at Islamia College University, was gunned down over a verbal dispute with a watchman.

Police told The Express Tribune that Professor Bashir Muhammad, a resident of Mardan who was currently residing at Islamia Collegiate School, had a verbal dispute with the school watchman a day ago but later the matter was sorted out. On Sunday both of them had another scuffle.

Professor Bashir took out his pistol during the scuffle and the guard Sher Muhammad opened fire at him with his AK-47.

“He was left seriously injured and rushed to the nearby KTH where he succumbed to his injuries,” said a police official to the newspaper, adding that the accused managed to escape after committing the crime.