Two shot dead

Published April 3, 2002

SHEIKHUPURA, April 2: Two persons were gunned down by their rivals over a land dispute in Basra Colony, GT Road on Tuesday.

Information gathered by this correspondent disclosed Manzoor and Walayat had a land dispute with Khalid, Jamil and others.

A civil suit was in process in the court. On Tuesday, both the groups were returning from the court when Khalid and some others opened firing on opponents after exchanging hot words. Both of them died within minutes. — Correspondent

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