DADU: Four injured in clash

Published April 15, 2003

DADU, April 14: Four persons were injured on Monday in a clash between two groups of the Katohar clan in a dispute over distribution of land in Mahi Otho town.

The injured were later identified as Mohammad Hashim, Abdul Raheem, Abdul Karim and Qamaruddin and they were shifted to the taluka hospital, Sehwan.

SUICIDE: A 33-year-old man, Umid Ali Soomro, committed suicide on Monday by ingesting pesticide over domestic problems in the Bhurgari village near Dadu.

DROWNS: An eight-year-old boy, Irfan Ali, drowned on Monday in a pond near Thariri Mohbat town.—Correspondent

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