Man kills four family members over property issue

MULTAN: A man killed four members of his family, including two sons, daughter and minor grandson, while two others suffered injuries over a property issue here in tehsil Shujabad. A Rescue-1122 spokesperson on Tuesday said that accused Khuda Bukhsh (55), s/o Allah Ditta, was annoyed with his family over a longstanding property issue.

On the day of incident, he had an altercation with his family over the issue and he shot dead his two sons-- Muhammad Nawaz (30) and Imran (27), daughter Fozia (19) and minor 10-month-old grandson Madni, while another son Rizwan (19) and maid Nasreen bibi suffered injuries.

Rescuers shifted the bodies and injured persons to the THQ hospital. Meanwhile, RPO Waseem Ahmad Khan, SSP Operations Muhammad Kashif Aslam, SSP Investigation Rab Nawaz Tala and SP Sadar Division Rana Muhammad Ashraf also reached the site of crime and the police team arrested the accused. Further investigation was underway.