Petty dispute: Councillor, brother booked for murder

RAWALPINDI: A local councillor and his brother were booked for allegedly murdering a man over a minor issue in Pirwadhai on Friday.

Gul Agha lodged a complaint with the local police that Islam Abbasi and his brother, Nauman, shot his brother dead outside their office, while they were visiting to lodge a complaint with the councillor. He further said that as they left the office, the councillor and his brother came out and opened indiscriminate fire, leaving his brother dead.

Meanwhile, a woman was deprived of cash and documents within the City police limits. Nasir Mehmood lodged a complaint that an unidentified woman extracted Rs44,800 in cash, a CNIC and other documents from his wife’s bag.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 18^th, 2016.