SWABI: Two persons were killed in separate incidents here on Saturday.

Ishfaq Ali of Doubian village told the Yar Hussain police station officials that his nephew, Zakaullah, was allegedly shot dead by Jehan Ali of Ismailia village at the behest of Abu Bakar, also a resident of Doubian, over an old enmity.

Meanwhile, the Tordher police recovered the body of a man from the Indus River area.

Officials said that the deceased was 40-year-old, but his identity couldn’t be ascertained. They said the man was killed brutally.

Published in Dawn, January 22nd, 2023

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