PESHAWAR, Sept 20: A monetary dispute took lives of three persons including two brothers in Sufaid Dheri area here on Saturday.

According to Peshtakhara police, in whose limits the incident occurred, a complainant Dilsahd said that his family had a monetary dispute with his neighbours, and that local elders had tried to resolve the issue but failed.

He claimed that his neighbours had refused to return a loan of Rs500,000 which they had taken some time ago. He said instead of returning the amount the accused Fayaz, Irshad, Dilawar and Sadam opened fire on his brothers with automatic weapons which resulted into death of Ihsan and Yaqoob.

The complainant said that one of his relative Said Alam and his mother Mehboob Jana also sustained injuries and were admitted to the hospital.

Police said relatives of the victims later retaliated and killed Fayaz. Police have registered cases but no arrests were made.