BADIN: Two brothers were booked and one of them arrested on Sunday following murder of a man and woman apparently over a family dispute in Ghulam Hussain Chang village near near Tando Ghulam Ali late on Saturday night.

Area police said that the suspects, Sher Khan Chang and Juman Chang visited the in-laws of Sher Khan in the village. Sher Khan engaged in a heated argument with his father-in-law, Nathoo Chang, over the in-laws’ denial to allow his (Sher Khan’s) daughter, Ms Mourzadi to go to her parents’ house on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.

The police said that during the heated argument, the suspects shot dead Nathoo Chang, 55, and his sister, Ms Amirzadi, 40.

Nathoo Chang’s son, Dodo Chang, lodged an FIR at the Tando Ghulam Ali police station against the two suspects following which Juman Chang was arrested. The police were on a hunt for Sher Khan who was at large.

Published in Dawn, August 11th, 2014