Alamgir Tareen, the brother of Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) leader Jahangir Tareen, is claimed to have shot himself in the head on Thursday, according to authorities and family members.
Alamgir, 63, was initially reported to have committed himself at his home in the Gulberg district of Lahore, according to police officials. Later, Jahangir corroborated the reports.
The police hierarchy stated that more information would be available after they arrived at the crime scene.
Later, the police officials said that Alamgir had left a handwritten suicide note outlining the reasons for self-harm as “disease he had been suffering from”
The deceased’s acquaintances, however, claimed that he had never disclosed his sickness to them.
The family claimed that although Alamgir was single, he planned to wed his fiance in December.
Sources claimed that when his servant reported for duty this morning and Alamgir didn’t leave his room until 10am, the servant peered in the window and saw the businessman “covered in blood” when he entered the room.
They said that the servant told Jahangir right away.
Who was Alamgir Tareen?
Multan Sultans of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) were owned by Alamgir.
He built a reputation as a successful businessman in South Punjab and ran one of the biggest water purification facilities in the nation.
He earned his undergraduate degree from the famous Yale University before finishing his graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Alamgir was “a sports enthusiast who wanted to work towards creating a solid platform for aspiring sportsmen and women and to provide them with the best possible resources to further develop their skills,” according to the Sultans’ official website.
He was also the inspiration behind the cricket franchise’s data-based strategy.
