Two killed, woman commits suicide

Published November 15, 2001

MARDAN, Nov 14: Two men were killed and a woman committed suicide in the district during the past 24 hours.

Ijaz Hussain has lodged an FIR that his wife, Husn Bano had committed suicide by shooting herself with a pistol. However, the woman’s brother, Naik Mohammed, resident of Fazal Killey, Mardan, denied that his sister had committed suicide.

He told police that he was informed that his sister was seriously injured and lying in a pool of blood in her house. He stated that he reached her house and took her to the hospital but she died of bleeding.

In another case, three persons, Ibrahim Shah, Masroor Shah and Rehman Shah, allegedly gunned down their rival, Babar Khan, in Katti Garhi.

The cause of the incident is said to be a property dispute.

In the third incident at Takht Bhai, unidentified people killed Pervez Shah of Landey Wala. The cause of killing could not established.

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