CHARSADDA: Two people were killed in a shootout over a land dispute in Najamabad area of Sar Dheri on Sunday.

Johar Shah, son of Zahir Shah, succumbed to his injuries in the hospital while his uncle Amir Shah was killed on the spot in an exchange of fire. Residents said that both families had a dispute over a piece of land.

Before his death Johar Shah told police that he and his father, Zahir Shah, were standing in front of their house when his cousins Falak Sher and Salman Shah, sons of Amir Shah, opened fire on them and as a result he (Johar Shah) received injuries and was brought to the hospital.

He said that his uncle Amir Shah burst out on his sons for firing on them and infuriated by this his son Falak Sher also opened fire on his father, killing him on the spot.

However daughter of Amir Shah in a cross-FIR told the police that she along with her father and brothers Falak Sher and Salman Shah were coming from a doctor when her uncle Zahir Shah and son Johar Shah opened fire on them, leaving her father dead.

The police registered cross FIRs and have started investigation.

Published in Dawn, September 7th, 2015

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