KHAR, June 8: Two people were killed when supporters of two brothers clashed following a dispute over division of family property in the Inayat Kallay area here on Thursday.

Area residents said Idrees Khan and his brother, Ibrahim Khan, had been at odds over division of their paternal property for many years.

They said the gunfight between supporters of the two brothers started in the morning and continued for several hours, killing one man from each side. The deceased were identified as Karla Khan and Amani Malik.

Officials said political tehsildar Ameer Zaman Khan reached the area along with a contingent of levy force and arrested a number of people belonging to the two groups.

The detained people also included sons of the two brothers, sources said.

Zaman Khan told Dawn that the administration had effected a ceasefire between the two groups and the situation was now under control.