FAISALABAD, Dec 20: A robbers’ gang shot dead a house-owner and his son on Monday night at Malikpur in Nishatabad police limits. Reports said the robbers forced their entry into the house of Rana Akhtar Ali and held hostage all family members. The gangsters were collecting valuables at gunpoint when Akhtar overpowered one of them. As a result of which the dacoits opened fire, killing Akhtar Ali and his son Salman on the spot. His other son, Sohail, was stated to be critical in Allied Hospital. — Correspondent