DADU, Dec 1: Union Council Bothro Nazim and his four relatives were booked in the murder case of PPP leader of the Mehar taluka on Thursday. Five armed men barged into the house of PPP activist Wazir Dahar in Bothro village, held family members hostage and shot dead Khair Mohammad alias Sher Dahar, brother of PPP leader Wazir Dahar.

The motive behind the murder is stated to be an old enmity.

The Thariri Mohabbat police lodged an FIR against nazim UC Bothro, Zahid alias Gulzar Dahar, his two brothers Aijaz Dahar, Pasha Dahar, two relatives Sikandar Dahar and Zulfiqar. Police arrested one of the accused Sikandar Dahar.

Relatives of the deceased staged a demonstration in Bothro town and alleged that police were not arresting the accused nominated in the FIR.

The students boycotted primary schools of union council Bothro.— Correspondent