LAHORE: Five people were killed and seven others were injured in two incidents in the provincial capital on Tuesday.

Three men, including two brothers, were killed and six others were injured in an armed clash between rival groups at Badami Bagh.

City Division SP Asad Sarfraz told Dawn both the groups, led by Khalid Khan and Aamir Butt, were criminals and they used to inform police against each other’s activities. He said the police had recently arrested five members of both the groups.

On the day of incident, the groups again levelled allegations against each other for providing information to police which had arrested their five members. They opened fire on each other which lasted for an hour, resulting in the killings.

Those killed were identified as Bilal Khan, 27, his brother Younis Khan, 25, and a passerby, Yasir of Faisalabad. All the three persons died on the spot.

According to police and hospital sources, Khalid Khan, his three brothers Mustafa Khan, Mujtaba Khan, Naseer Khan, and their rival Aamir Butt’s brother Haris alias Raju Butt were among the injured. They all are out of danger.

Talking to Dawn, a member of the Khan group, Riaz Khan, denied the reports that the arrests were behind the clash, claiming the clash had taken place due to a minor scuffle between the children of the two parties.

He said he along with his cousins was sitting in the street when Aamir Butt and his 15 accomplices appeared there and opened indiscriminate fire on them.

“Later, a Panchayat was held to resolve the matter and both the groups agreed for a reconciliation,” Riaz Khan said.

In another incident, a factory employee was allegedly shot dead along with his friend in the name of honour at Gujjarpura.

Nadeem, 28, had contracted a court marriage with one of the suspect, Abdul Razzaq’s sister some six months ago. However, he divorced his wife on the decision of Panchayat three months back and Razzaq nurtured a grudge against him.

Quoting the victim’s family, police said Razzaq and his four armed accomplices, including Shani, barged in the factory where Nadeem worked and opened indiscriminate fire. Nadeem, his friend Abdul Rehman and factory owner Ali Ejaz were injured. Nadeem and his friend died on way to hospital while the condition of Ali was stated to be critical.

The police shifted the bodies to morgue and registered a case against the suspects.

TRANSFERS: The provincial police chief transferred and posted 12 assistant/deputy superintendents of police across the province.

According to a handout, Muzaffargarh City ASP Muhammad Arif Aslam was promoted and posted as Muzaffargarh Additional SP Investigation against a vacant post; Lahore Sarwar Road circle ASP Riffat Haider Bokhari, on promotion, was transferred and posted Sahiwal additional SP Investigation vice Mukhtar Hussain Shah who was transferred and directed to report to the Central Police Punjab. The IG also transferred and posted nine DSPs.

Published in Dawn, August 20th, 2014