Armed attackers gunned down the brother-in-law of a former provincial minister as well as a senior police officer on Saturday, media reports said on Monday.

Abdul Qayyum Buledi was shot dead by men riding a motorcycle while he was sitting outside his home, reports Dawn News.

“Qayyum Buledi died on the spot after receiving multiple bullet injuries,” a Levies official told the newspaper.

He was brother-in-law of Zahoor Buledi, an ex-finance minister of Balochistan.

The body was shifted to a nearby hospital.