BUNER: A local cricket player was killed and another injured when they fell into a ravine while scuffling over transport fare on a hilly track in Chaghorzai area of Buner district on Monday evening.
Police quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the players of a local cricket team were going back on foot from Gulbandi after playing a match there.
They said the two players exchanged arguments over transport fare and started scuffling on a hilly track.
During the scuffle, the two players, Mirsheed and Noor Mohammad, fell into a deep ravine.
As a result, Mirsheed died on the spot and Noor was seriously injured.
The dead and the injured were shifted to the DHQ hospital in Daggar, where doctors referred the injured man to a major hospital in Peshawar in precarious condition.
The Gulbandi police registered the case and started further investigations.
Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2019
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