Property dispute: Man guns down in-laws in Faisalabad

Shahbaz asked his wife to transfer the house of her father in his name but she refused.

FAISALABAD: A man gunned down his father-in-law and sister-in-law over a property dispute in Ali Town, Faisalabad on Friday. The police said Muhammad Shahbaz married Rashida four years ago and was residing in the house of his in-laws.

He asked his wife several times to transfer the house of her father in his name but she refused to do so. This infuriated Shahbaz and he divorced his wife. Later, his father-in-law also tried to settle the matter but instead, he opened indiscriminate firing on his father in law, Bashir, and sister in law, Kiran, 18, killing them on the spot. Khurrianwala police station has registered a case and started investigation. The police also detained Rashida for investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 8^th, 2017.