KOHAT: Two persons were gunned down in separate incidents in Gumbat tehsil here on Sunday.

In the first incident, Ghaffar Khan reported to police in the hospital that he was sitting in his junk shop in the bazaar when his wife came and told him that his two sons had a serious altercation.

He ran towards his home near the Khushalgarh Railway bridge in Mohallah Kamal Khel and found the dead body of one of his sons, Waqar, which was shifted to the hospital for postmortem by relatives.

He nominated his other son, Ibrar, aged 30/31, in the FIR under section 302 of Pakistan Penal Code for killing his brother with gunfire and repeated strikes of dagger.

Similarly, Sughran Bibi wife of Ilyas, age 27/28, belonging to Mohallah Khadar Khel reported that there were daily fights between her sons Adnan and Taj, an addict. The former asking his brother to relinquish drugs that had spoiled their home peace.

Both had an intense fight on Sunday and Taj pulled out a pistol and killed his brother Adnan. The mother of the victim has nominated her other son, Taj, in the FIR under section 302 of PPC for the murder.

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2025