Government College University Lahore/File photo

LAHORE: A professor at Government College University (GCU) Lahore was shot dead Wednesday morning while resisting an armed robbery, police said.

According to police, Professor Dr Akbar Cheema was travelling in his car when armed robbers intercepted him near Kalma Chowk to rob him of his valuables. When the professor resisted the robbery, they fatally shot him.

The suspects, who were on a motorcycle, fled the scene after the shooting.

Police transferred the deceased professor?s body to hospital for post-mortem and have launched an investigation into the incident.

Dr Cheema was a professor at the GCU?s Botany Department.