The body of the transgender person was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital for postmortem. Doctors at the hospital said Aftab was shot at from a close range.
According to Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Coordinator Taimoor Kamal, the deceased was handed over to his family by Hashtnaghri Police without his consent a month ago. She, however, fled from home and was again handed over to the family by the police on Saturday.
And a few hours later, she was shot dead.
According to a report in a local media outlet, police suspect her father, who was upset at her for choosing to live as a transgender person, was behind the crime.
Meanwhile, the transgender community in Peshawar gathered outside the Hashtnaghri Police Station and staged a demonstration.
