SUKKUR: A jirga held at Sheranpur near Jacobabad on Sunday imposed a total of Rs10.8 million fine on the group found guilty of murdering four persons and wounding two during a dispute over land.

The jirga chaired by Sardar Abdul Ghafoor Khan Thaheem settled the ongoing dispute between Syed, Thaheem and Qambrani clans over a piece of land which had so far claimed five lives including a father and his son.

The jirga found men working for Syed community guilty of attacking Thaheems and imposed a total of Rs10.8 million fine on them. Besides, it handed over the disputed land to the Thaheems clan after they swore on the holy book that their claim was authentic and they were genuine owners of the land.

Raja Thaheem, his cousin Haq Nawaz, his son Shaman Ali Thaheem and his paternal cousin Sikandar Ali Thaheem were killed in the armed clash between Syed, Thaheem and Qambrani tribesmen in Haji Ahmed Thaheem village within the jurisdiction of Mouladad police station, Jacobabad, on Oct 14, 2016.

Nek Mohammad aka Washloo Qambrani, associated with the Syed group was also killed while Ms Janul Thaheem suffered wounds.

The jirga fixed compensation money for a murder at Rs2 million and fine of a wounded woman at Rs1 million. Thus, it imposed Rs8 million fine for the murder of four men, and Rs1 million for the wounded, Rs300,000 fine on Syed community for registering three fake cases, Rs500,000 for injuring another person and Rs1 million fine for the murder of Nek Mohammad aka Washloo Qambrani who fought on behalf of Syed group.

The jirga also decided that the cases registered by the groups against each other would also be withdrawn.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2017