TAXILA: A local court on Monday sentenced two brothers to death for murdering a man in Mohallah Parri in the jurisdiction of Taxila police station in 2018.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra, while concluding the trial, observed that the prosecution led by Tahir Mehmood Raja had proved the murder charges against the accused, Mohammad Kareem and Mohammad Saleem, of killing 23-year-old Bilal Ahmed in his house.
The case against both of them was lodged at Taxila police station by Bagh Bahar, father of the victim.
According to the prosecution, Ahmed had contracted court marriage with the sister of the accused against the will of her parents, following which they stormed into his residence and shot him dead.
Later, both of them were traced by police and arrested.
Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2020
