CHARSADDA, Aug 26: A man killed his elder brother and a sister-in-law here on Sunday, police and residents said.

The victims were identified as Musarrat and Usman Ali. The Sardheri police station registered a case on the report of Usman’s father against his younger son Isthikhar.

“I was working in the fields when the incident happened and when I reached home both my son and a daughter-in-law were killed by my younger son Isthikhar,” he told police.

MAN KILLED: Unidentified assailants killed Nadar Shah Bacha at his poultry farm in Kuladher area, officials said

on Sunday. Police registered a case.

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