LARKANA: A man and his two sons were killed in an attack allegedly by their relatives over a running dispute over possession of a piece of land in Shahnawaz Jatoi village, some 18 kilometres from here on Tuesday evening.

The bodies of the victims identified as Abdul Sattar Jatoi and his sons Sajjad Jatoi and Irfan Jatoi were shifted to Chandka Medical College Hospital and Ratodero taluka hospital, said police officials.

The victim Abdul Sattar had been at loggerheads with his brother and latter’s sons over a piece of farmland. Police were chasing the killers who had escaped after the attack.

Jewelry shop robbed

Three armed robbers barged into a jewelry shop, as soon as it was opened on Tuesday morning, and took away ornaments by holding its owner, Satish Kumar, at gunpoint.

The victim’s business partner Sahil Kumar told the Market police that the masked robbers swiftly overpowered Satish, cut off the CCTV camera cable and collected the gold ornaments, a mobile phone set and around Rs700,000 cash from inside the shop, situated in Resham Gali. They also snatched his wallet containing ATM cards, etc before fleeing the area, Sahil added.

SHO of the Market police station Inspector Sartaj Jagirani told the media that the shop owners were giving conflicting statements about the weight of the robbed ornaments. They claimed it to be 900 grams but it seemed to be not over 300 grams, he said citing the conflicting statements.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2023