KHAIRPUR, Dec 1: Two women were killed on Friday night in the limits of Babarloi police station.

Mohammad Saleh Maitalo shot dead his sister-in-law, Ms Alma, 40 while the daughter of the deceased, Ms Basheeran, also sustained fatal injuries in the firing.

She was rushed to the Civil Hospital, Sukkur.

However, the motive behind the murder could not be ascertained.

In an other incident, one Gul Hassan Mirbahar has registered an FIR against his brother, Mohammad Hassan, for allegedly killing Ms Gulshan on Saturday in village Naich in the limits of Babarloi police station.

BOY CRUSHED TO DEATH: One child died while another was seriously injured when a car going from Sukkur to Nawabshah, crushed them on Friday night at Paka Chang.

The deceased was identified as Asif Khaskheli and the injured was identified as Zahid.

INJURED: One Mumtaz Haji was injured in a clash between two factions of Rajpar tribe the other day in village Haji near Rasoolabad.

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