TOBA TEK SINGH, Dec 16: The family of a tractor-trolley driver who was kidnapped and murdered by a gypsy family failed to register a case against the accused despite hectic efforts.

Woman councillor Bushra Nadim, who is the sister-in-law of the late Taj Muhammad, tried her best to register the case at Khanewal but to no avail.

The delay in registration of case has been caused due to Khanewal and Pirmahal police tussle over the question of jurisdiction.

Khanewal police say the case should be registered by Pirmahal police as the man was kidnapped from the area under their jurisdiction.

Pirmahal police claim that Khanewal police should register the case as the incident took place in their jurisdiction.

The kidnap and murder came to surface when two men rammed a tractor-trolley into a bus near Khanpur in Rahim Yar Khan district.

The bus driver overpowered one of them and handed him over to Khanpur Saddar police.

He gave police details of the gory incident when they beat him up.

Police recovered the body from fields near Mauza Mandiala on Khanewal-Mandi Yazman road six days ago on the information provided by the accused.

The mauza is in the jurisdiction of Khanewal police.

According to information collected by this correspondent, Taj Muhammad of Chak 334-GB Rajjowal who was employed as a tractor driver by one Sher Muhammad of the same village, was hired by a gypsy family comprising three women and two men from Pirmahal for Mamoon Kanjan about 12 days ago.

He was kidnapped about two kilometres away from Pirmahal on the Pirmahal-Kamalia road on way to Mamoon Kanjan.

He was taken to Khanewal Sadar where he was killed and his body was thrown in fields.

When contacted, Toba SP Amer Zulfiqar said Khanewal police should register the case.

However, it is learnt that the Khanewal SP has been transferred and no officer has so far been appointed in his place.

It is also interesting to note that the Khanpur police from where the tractor-trolley was recovered, had handed over three of the accused women and one man to the family of late Taj who confessed to kidnap and murder of the youth.

But police are reluctant to arrest them and register a case against them.