Man kills girl

Published September 7, 2003

TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 6: A girl was killed by her relative while a man was murdered by his two brothers in the district on Saturday. In Chak 94-JB near Pacca Anna, Muhammad Iqbal Gujjar wanted to marry Kausar Perveen against the wishes of the girl’s parents.

To take the revenge of his ‘insult’ of being rejected, the accused attacked her with a sharp-edged weapon when she was passing through a street.

Kausar sustained serious injuries and died before getting any medical help In Chak 346-JB, two brothers, Umer Hayaat and Gulzar Ahmad, axed to death Dildar Ahmad, their elder brother, over a domestic dispute.

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