October 04, 2006	Wednesday	Ramazan 10, 1427

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KHAIRPUR, Oct 3: A man shot dead his stepbrother and an 18-year-old niece after declaring them karo-kari on Tuesday evening in Shambhani village near Faiz Wah in the jurisdiction of Tando Masti Khan police station.

Reports reaching here said that Akram Shambhani gunned down his niece, Ms Zadi, daughter of Ameer Bux Shambhani, when she was in her home and then went to kill his 32-year-old stepbrother Barocho, son of Bahawal Din Shambhani.

The bodies were handed over to the relatives after post mortem carried out at the civil hospital. Police have so far filed no case of the double murder.

INJURED: Two under-treatment prisoners, Mohib Ali Narejo and Malook Maitlo, sustained injuries when the roof of jail ward in civil hospital caved in on them on Tuesday.

BIKE SNATCHED: Armed men injured a motorcyclist when he refused to part with his vehicle near Hingorja on Monday evening.

Reports reaching here said that Shahzad Ali Veesar was driving home with his son Ghous Bux sitting pillion when some armed men stopped them and tried to snatch the motorbike. When the father and son put up resistance, they opened fire on Ghous Bux and took away the bike.