Orphan girl’s ‘killers’ arrested

Published September 6, 2006

TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 5: The police arrested on Tuesday the four accused who had allegedly murdered on Monday their orphan cousin, her mother and an uncle to grab a piece of land at a village near Rajana.

However, the fourth accused, Ali Sher, could not be arrested so far.

The arrested accused, Muhammad Ali, Mansab, Shabbir and Mulazim Ali of Chak 260-GB wanted to grab a 12-acre piece of land belonging to their orphan cousin Mumtaz Bibi.

Two of them even proposed to marry the girl, but her mother Paras Bibi refused the proposals.

The accused later axed the both women and their uncle Saiful Malook to death.

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