Two gunned down by stepbrother over property

OKARA: Two brothers were shot dead by their stepbrother over a land dispute here on Sunday. A dispute of two kanals inherited land was going on between the step-brothers.

On Sunday morning, Muzaffar Iqbal and Ali Akhtar came to the city to withdraw some money from the ATM.

Suddenly, their step-brother Jamshed came in a car along with his some accomplices. They opened fire on them. Both the brothers were killed on the spot. The accused killers fled the scene. A-Division police station SHO and his staff reached the site and shifted the bodies to the DHQ hospital for autopsy.

Police contacted the victims’ family who told that the accused had also attacked their step mother Rasoolan Bibi earlier. Later, police arrested Jamshed from his home and also recovered the murder weapon and the car. Further investigation was under way.

YOUTH ELECTROCUTED: A youth was electrocuted to death when he was taking bath in a tube-well here on Sunday. A student of Intermediate of village 39/D was taking bath in a tube-well when suddenly electric current ran through the water due to some fault. He died on the spot.

ADULTERATOR CAUGHT RED-HANDED: A man was nabbed red-handed when he was filling polluted water in bottles for sale.

On a tip-off, Food Safety Officer Ghulam Sabir and his staff raided the village 18/1L and arrested M Arshad from his house. A case was registered against him with the Sadr, Renala Khurd police station.

MAN HELD, 50-LITRE LIQUOR RECOVERED: Police Sunday raided Hussaingarh and arrested Fazal Abbas red-handed who was brewing liquor at home. At least 50-litre liquor was recovered during the raid conducted on a tip-off.

In other two raids at village Dolowal, Rab Nawaz was arrested with 1-kg, 230 grams of charas and Allah Ditta with 1-kg, 250 grams of charas. Cases were registered against them.

PEOPLE DEMAND EARLY COMPLETION OF ROAD: The under-construction road along the railway track from general bus stand to the railway level is in a shambles and creating several problems for the locals.

The municipal committee had started a road renovation project sometime ago but the contractor is allegedly lingering on the work. Locals and pedestrians are suffering from respiratory diseases due to continuous dust. The locals have urged Deputy Commissioner Dr Irshad Ahmed and the chairman zila council to take immediate notice of the situation and order completion of the project at the earliest.