PESHAWAR: A man and his son were killed inside their house over a marriage dispute in Tehkhal area of the provincial capital here on Sunday.

An official of local police station identified the victims as Younus Khan and his son, Almas Khan.

He said that a case had been registered against the suspect, Naeem of Peshtakhara, but he could not be arrested so far.

He said that Jawad Khan, son of Younus Khan, and sister of Naeem had got married against the will of their parents some months ago, which led to the double murder.

“Naeem stormed into the house of Younus Khan and opened indiscriminate fire on the inmates,” the official said and added that Jawad Khan was not at his home at the time of the incident, but his father and a brother fell victim to the targeted attack.

The official said that the victims’ family belonged to Mardan, but had been living in Peshawar for many years. The bodies were shifted to Mardan for burial.

“We have conducted raids at the residence of the accused but they have gone into hiding,” said another official of Tekhal police station.

Published in Dawn, Aug 4th, 2014