NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Oct 14: Armed men riding two cars broke into a house in Tharushah town and kidnapped a young girl and her married cousin on Monday apparently in a dispute over as freewill marriage.

Police said that eight armed men struck the house in Ward No 2 and after terrorising inmates and neighbours with firing into the air, they took away 17-year-old Naila Baladi and her 25-year-old cousin, Ms Hameedan.

Tharushah SHO Sikander Ali Chang said that Ms Baladi’s brother, Nasir Baladi, son of Ali Mohammad, had contracted a freewill marriage with Rukhsana Almani, a resident of Almani village situated near Moro, in a Naushahro Feroze court about two months ago.

He said the armed men, apparently acting at the behest of Ms Almani’s close relatives, kidnapped Mr Baladi’s sister along with the other woman.

He said a police team was dispatched to nab the kidnappers’.

Meanwhile, Mr Baladi’s other family members have moved to some unknown place out of fear.

Man killed in accident

A man was knocked down by a speeding bus near Khahi Rahu on the National Highway on Monday.

The victim, Ameer Bukhsh Marri, 50, son of Daho Khan Marri, resident of Nagar Khan Marri village, was hit by a Hyderabad-bound bus coming from Sukkur. He died on the spot.

An official at the Naushahro Feroze police station, ASI Arbab Ali Marri, said that the errant driver rode away after the accident. The body was taken to the Naushahro Feroze Civil Hospital for a post-mortem examination and then handed over to his heirs, he added.

An FIR was not registered as nobody turned up to lodge a complaint, he said.