SARGODHA: Three brothers were shot dead and two others were injured by nine assailants after an exchange of harsh words over children’s fight at Hatiwind village near Bhera, about 40 kilometres away from here, on Saturday.

Children of families of Lak and Supra groups quarrelled over a petty issue and involved the elders who exchanged harsh words. As the situation went out of control, Asad Iqbal and others opened fire which resulted in teh killing of brothers Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Nawaz and Shahid Imran. Two other brothers Muhammad Mansha and Zafar Iqbal were injured.

The Bhera police handed over the dead bodies to the family after the postmortem. The injured brothers were referred to the DHQ Hospital in a critical condition.

Police have registered a case against Asad Iqbal, Amanullah, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Waqas, Muhammad Nazir, Muhammad Ali, Shoaib Gulzar, Muhammad Ansar and Muhammad Khan under section 302/324/148/149 of Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of Zafar Iqbal.

POLITICAL CASE: Police registered a case against 53 assailants including three nominated ones who allegedly stormed the PML-N election office in PP-83 of Khushab as a reaction to attack on four people.

Sources said 53 people invaded the office of the PML-N candidate on Friday night and injured his supporters including Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Waleed, Muhammad Shahzad and Qamar Abbas.

Police shifted the injured to hospital and later registered a case against the suspects including Masood Ahmed, Zafar Khoji and Sarwar under section 452/506/148/149 of PPC.

Published in Dawn, July 17th, 2022