Man killed over petty dispute

Published April 10, 2006

SUKKUR, April 9: A group of armed men shot dead a man and injured his two brothers following a trivial dispute in Eiden Shah Deho village near Ghotki on Saturday night. Reports said the armed men broke into the house of Allah Dino Daudpoto, and opened indiscriminate fire, killing Zulfiqar Ali on the spot, and wounding his two brothers, Asadullah and Sikandar before escaping.

The injured were later rushed to taluka hospital.

Police, who have not yet registered any case of the incident, claimed the motive behind the murder was an old enmity between the two groups over a trivial issue.

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