Villager kills two sisters

Published July 21, 2002

KHAIRPUR, July 20: Two sisters were killed by their brother in Dhundh village near Faiz Ganj over some matrimonial dispute on Friday night.

The victims were identified as Haseena, 14, and Manzooran, 16.

The father of the girls registered a case against his son, Mumtaz Ali Laghari.

DIED: Ten-year-old Sohni was killed while her mother, Halima, resident of Nagrija village, was injured when a Sukkur-bound wagon collided with a tree on Kumb-Nawabshah Road near Bozdar Wada on Friday night.

The injured was admitted to the Mirwah Hospital.

KILLED: Mohammad Yousuf killed his 15-year-old cousin, Ms Kausar Parveen, on the charge of infidelity in Nawab Wasli village near Setharja here on Friday.

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