SAHIWAL: Three brothers were shot dead over a petty issue at 13/11-L village late on Monday.

According to Sadar police, Khalid and Abbas exchanged words over some trifle at a petrol pump on Sunday night.

Khalid’s three sons, on coming to know about the incident, took it as their father’s insult and decided to avenge it.

On Monday night, when Abbas, along with his brothers -- Shahbaz and Nawaz, was returning from their fields, Khalid’s sons Usman, Arsalan and Adnan opened indiscriminate fire.

As a result, Abbas and his two brothers were critically injured and died on the spot. The attackers fled the scene.

On being informed, police reached the spot and after collecting evidence shifted the bodies to morgue for the post-mortem examination.

A murder case was registered against the suspects under sections 34 and 302 of the PPC. Police took Khalid in custody for investigation and started looking for his sons.

ROBBERY: Manager of a local trader was deprived of Rs2 million by two armed robbers in a busy area of Chichawatni city on Wednesday.

According to police, manager of trader Yasin Rehmani was returning from a bank after withdrawing Rs2m cash when two armed bikers intercepted him near Malik Market.

The robbers snatched the cash from him at gunpoint and fled away.

Police have registered a case against the unidentified robbers.

Local traders’ leaders Malik Yousaf Jamal and Asif Saeed strongly condemned the incident.

Published in Dawn, December 10th, 2020