Youth shot at by neighbour, dies

Published April 10, 2002

SHEIKHUPURA, April 9: A youth, shot at and injured by neighbour the other day, expired at the Mayo Hospital, Lahore, on Tuesday.

Reports said Riaz was flying a kite standing on the roof of his house when his neighbour forbade him. The former turned a deaf ear while the latter shot at and injured him.

The injured youth was admitted to the Mayo Hospital where he breathed his last on Tuesday.

The body was handed over to his parents after post-mortem examination.

Local police are investigating.

LOOTED: Dacoits on Tuesday morning took away cash and gold ornaments worth hundreds of thousands of rupees from a house in Kurlkay village, Hafizabad Road, some eight kilometres from here.

Reports said five dacoits barged into the house of Liaquat Ali, held up the inmates and escaped after looting cash and valuables.

Saddar police are going into the matter.

CASE: A Division police on Tuesday registered a case against two local Sui Northern Gas Pipeline (SNGPL) employees for maltreating the owner of a house in Street No 2, Ghang Road.

Zahir and his colleague came to Muhammad Yousaf’s house to remove the fault in the meter.

However, they quarrelled and the visitors manhandled Yousaf.

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