TOBA TEK SINGH: A guest and his minor daughter suffered injuries during a celebratory fire at a wedding event here on Wednesday at Chak 58-GB, Jaranwala tehsil.

Both the injured – Sajjad Ali and his daughter Dua Fatima – were rushed to Jaranwala THQ hospital from where doctors referred them to Allied hospital.

Complainant Syed Zaman Ali in the first information report registered by Jaranwala Saddar police said his brother Sajjad and his minor niece were present in the marriage function of Wasif Amjad where groom’s relatives Arshad and Mujeeb resorted to aerial firing as a result they suffered critical injuries.

The case was registered under sections 324 and 34 of PPC and 3 and 4 of The Punjab Marriage Functions Act 2016. Police have arrested main suspect Arshad and were conducting raids to nab the other accomplice and the groom.

VAN GUTTED BY FIRE: A fire erupted in a van after it overturned on Thursday near Government Low Income Housing Colony No 2 on Jhang Road.

The driver suffered minor burns while the sugarcane field where it overturned got damaged by fire.

Rescue 1122 staffers have extinguished the fire.

Published in Dawn, March 25th, 2022

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