SHIKARPUR: A man gunned down his sister-in-law in Hotani village near here early on Saturday over suspicions she had had an extramarital affair with someone.

Police said that Himat Ali Hotani killed Ms Mandam, wife his brother Mushtaque Ali Hotani, and escaped.

The bereaved husband rejected his brother’s suspicions about his wife’s involvement in any extramarital affair and insisted she was completely innocent.

In another incident, Maahi Khan, 14, son of Arbab Ali Jatoi, was killed when he came under fire by rival tribal group of Lihaz Jatoi at Nawab Jatoi village.

The murder is said to be an offshoot of a simmering dispute between the two groups over a dispute involving karo-kari allegations.

No FIRs has been registered about the murder.

Ten injured in accident

Ten people suffered serious injuries when a passenger coach and a wagon rammed into each other on Indus Highway near Khanpur early on Saturday.

Police arrested the coach driver and shifted the injured to Civil Hospital Shikarpur. Their condition was stated to be out of danger.

Of the injured, five identified as Huzoor Bux Lashari, Ghulam Mohammad Bhangwar, Ghulam Ali Thaheem, Ghulam Mohammad Kalhoro and Meer Mohammad Kalhoro were admitted to the hospital while five others were discharged after first aid.