LAHORE, April 19: An alleged robber was killed while his accomplice and two citizens were injured in a shooting incident in Sarshar Town early on Tuesday, police said.

The injured suspect was detained by a police team.

Though the police lodged a case under sections of robbery and self-defence, police investigation suggested that the intruders and the victims had a property dispute.

Quoting the family, Hunjarwal police said two robbers entered a house by scaling the boundary wall in wee hours and tried to loot cash and valuables. The suspects opened fire when owner Nazim and his relative Asghar Bashir put up resistance.

The firing left them injured. During the scuffle, Nazim managed to snatch pistol of one of the robbers and opened fire.

The two suspects were also injured and one of them identified as Riaz ran off. He was captured by a police team which was on its way to the scene.

The injured were rushed to the Jinnah Hospital where other suspect identified as 22-year-old Zahid Ali of Okara succumbed to his wounds while Nazim was stated to be critical.

According to a police investigator, Nazim and Zahid had developed a dispute over a plot. They knew each other, he added.

Saddar division SP (investigation) Hassan Sukhera said the arrested suspect confessed to a robbery attempt. Further investigation is under way.

In another incident, a 25-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by his rivals near his house in Ram Das Kho locality of Manga Mandi on Tuesday.

Police said Ejaz alias Kamran Masih of Ram Kho was killed by members of Faqir group over rivalry.

FOUND MURDERED: The Kahna police found the body of a 60-year-old unidentified man hanged in fields near Ahlu Wala village on Tuesday and shifted it for autopsy.