LARKANA, Oct 8: Five members of a family were allegedly kidnapped from Serai Fateh Mohammed Kassar village in the jurisdiction of Fatehpur police station on Wednesday.

Disputing the villagers’ claim, Larkana police said that Thariri Mohbat police had picked them (the villagers) in the light of an FIR registered against them.

Sources said that armed men of Lakhair and Gorar clan came in three cars and created panic in the area after resorting to fierce firing and kidnapped Nazar Mohammed Kassar, 42, Nazeer Ahmed, 35, his two sons Jaffar 4, and Dilthar 3, and Mohammed Asif 12. The kidnapping was the result of a matrimonial dispute, the sources said.

About a week ago Mir Hassan Kassar had married Farzana Gorar which triggered the dispute and two cases of kidnapping were registered with the Thariri Mohbat police station.

Three days ago police had arrested five people in the case but later released them.

The villagers said that armed men of Groar and Lakhair clan had stormed the village and kidnapped five people while police said that Thariri Mohbat police had picked them in connection with FIRs registered against them.

Ex-MNA booked: On the directives of the district and session judge, the Market police have registered a case against former MNA and sitting general secretary of PPP, Larkana district, Anwar Bhutto, his brother Asghar Ali Bhutto and three unidentified policemen on Wednesday.

Roshan Ali Baricho, a tailor, in an application to the district and session judge Larkana about seven months ago had alleged that the former MNA and his brother along with three policemen had forcibly occupied his shop in Resham Gali and also took away Rs100,000 and 40 pairs of clothes. The then session judge had ordered the SHO to lodge an FIR but it was not registered.

The session judge asked the ASP city Larkana for arresting and registering FIR against the SHO who had delayed and disobeyed the court orders on Tuesday.