PESHAWAR: A toddler was killed and his mother received bullet injuries when his real uncle opened fire on them during a dispute over keeping chicken at their house in Yakatut area of the provincial capital, police said.

A police official at the Yakatoot police station told Dawn that both the families used to live in the same house in Mohmandabad area. He said that the suspect identified as Mohsin escaped after opening fire on his sister-in-law and nephew, while police had started search for him.

Injured mother of the slain toddler told police that she was at her home when her brother-in-law Mohsin opened fire on them. She said that his one-year old child died on the spot while she sustained bullet injuries in her thighs.

She said they had an argument over keeping chicken at home. Yakatut police have registered an FIR under section 302 and 324 of the Pakistan Panel Code against the suspect.

Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2022