Suicide: Dispute over water channel claims life

Azizullah was the brother of former K- P chief secretary Sangeen Marjan Mehsud


Our Correspondent March 10, 2016
PHOTO: AFP

DI KHAN:


A person was shot dead Thursday morning over a dispute about a water channel in Wanda Khaliq Shah village of DI Khan.


According to an official of Band Kurai police station, Nazir Baloch and Mehrban Baloch argued over an irrigation water channel. The fight heated up and Nazir opened fire on Mehrban, injuring him. Mehrban was rushed to District Headquarters Hospital DI Khan, but he succumbed to his injuries on the way there.


The culprit managed to escape, but police registered an FIR on the complaint of Muhammad Ikram, nephew of the deceased. Further investigation is also under way.


Meanwhile, DI Khan district finance officer Azizullah Khan Mehsud, a resident of South Waziristan Agency, committed suicide for unknown reasons on Thursday.


According to an official of Cantt police station, Azizullah shot himself with a pistol in his house in Arra Chungi. The policeman said the motive behind the suicide has not been ascertained.


Azizullah was the brother of former K- P chief secretary Sangeen Marjan Mehsud.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 11th, 2016.

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