TOBA TEK SINGH: A man allegedly killed his former wife after forcibly entering the house of her second husband in Zafarabad locality of Jhang on Sunday.

Complainant Allah Ditta informed Jhang city police that his wife Samreen Bibi (30) had got divorce from Waris Ali, her first husband, through court some three year ago and later married him.

Allah Ditta said that on Sunday, Waris forcibly entered his house when he was not there and attacked Samreen with a chopper, leaving her dead on the spot.

Police registered a case against the suspect and started conducting raids to arrest him.

TWO DIE: A young man and a woman died, while two children were injured critically when their car rammed into a tractor-trolley loaded with sugarcane on Samundri-Rajana Road, Faisalabad, on Saturday night near Chak 210-GB, Khidderwala.

Rescue 1122 officials say the accident occurred when the car driver, Ahsan Anwar (20) could not see a tractor-trolley going ahead on the road and rammed into the vehicle.

As a result, the driver, Ahsan Anwar (20) and Nasira Bibi (48) died, while the deceased woman’s sons -- Ismail (10) and Ibrahim (5) -- were critically injured.

The injured children were rushed to Mureedwala Rural Health Centre, where doctors referred them to the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad. The bodies were handed over to the family of the deceased.

SHOT DEAD: Robbers shot dead a man for offering resistance during a house robbery in Faisalabad early on Sunday.According to Ghulam Muhammad Abad police, three robbers forced their entry into the house of Muhammad Hussain at Chak 79-7B, Narwala Road, near Kaleem Shaheed Park.

As the robbers started collecting cash and valuables, Hussain offered resistance.

At this, one of the robbers shot at and injured Hussain critically.

Following the firing, the robbers fled the scene.

The injured man was shifted to the Allied Hospital, Faisalabad, where he succumbed to his injuries.

INJURED: A man and his daughter and daughter-in-law were injured critically when their van collided with a trailer parked in the rest area on M-4 motorway on Sunday near Shorkot interchange.

As per Rescue 1122 officials, three members of the family were going to Faisalabad from Multan when due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog their van collided with the parked trailer.

As a result, the car occupants identified as Noor Ahmad (60), his daughter Naila Perveen (17) and daughter-in-law Fauzia Bibi (30), were critically injured.

They were admitted to the Shorkot THQ hospital for treatment.

UREA BAGS SEIZED: A Faisalabad agriculture department team seized on Sunday 1,200 bags of urea fertilizer allegedly hoarded for black marketing.

Agriculture Deputy Director Khalid Mahmood said that on a tip-off his team raided a godown owned by a fertilizer dealer, Iftikhar Ahmad, at Pansra, and seized 1,200 bags of urea hoarded there. He said the urea bags were meant for sale to the farmers on government’s fixed price.

Published in Dawn, December 19th, 2022