PAKPATTAN, Mar 25 (DNA): In a gruesome incident, a man killed his
mother, brothers, sister-in-law and three children over a property
dispute in Punjab’s Pakpattan district on Saturday.
According to police, the incident occurred at Bari Rakh village of
Pakpattan where the suspect with the help of his accomplices stormed
into his brother’s house at the time of Sehar and killed his mother and
other close relatives. The suspect also killed two of his brothers in
fields.
The deceased include mother, brother Sherbaz, Iftikhar and his wife,
their two sons and a daughter. They were identified as Iftikhar,
Shehryar, Ahmed Iftikhar, Ahad Iftikhar, Miftah Iftikhar, Bashiran Bibi
and Asia Bibi. The police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to DHQ
Hospital for medico-legal formalities.
A seven-year-old girl was seriously injured in the firing who was rushed
to hospital for emergency treatment. After no response from the Rescue
1122 service despite repeated calls, the injured girl was rushed to the
hospital in a police van.
A large contingent of police along with forensic teams have arrived at
the crime scene.
The police have launched an investigation as the accused fled from the
scene after committing the gruesome crime.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Punjab Police Dr Usman Anwar, took
notice of the grisly murder of seven people and sought a report from the
Sahiwal RPO about the incident.
The IGP also ordered the Pakpattan DPO to constitute a special team to
arrest the culprits. He said the culprits must be brought to justice and
punished.
It may be mentioned here that on March 7 last a man had murdered his two
brothers and sister-in-law over a property dispute in Pakpattan. The
triple murder was reported in Village 48-SP in Chakbedi Police Station
precincts.
The land dispute had led accused Saleem to open fire on his two brothers
Aslam and Yousaf and Yousaf’s wife, Kalsoom. They all died on the spot.
Pakpattan DPO Hassan Iqbal took notice of the triple murder and
constituted a police team to arrest the accused. DNA
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