Property dispute: Man guns down elder brother in Jhang

Police official says brothers had a clash over the distribution of the house.

JHANG: A man gunned down one of his elder brothers and injured two others over a property dispute at Tanga Ada, Jhang on Thursday.

A police official said Haider Ali opened fire on his brothers Muhammad Ali, Hasnain Ali and Saqlain Ali in their house. He added, “All three brothers had a clash over the distribution of the house.”

He maintained, on the day of the incident, they exchanged hot words, which soon turned into bloodshed when Haider opened fire on his brothers with a pistol. As a result, Ali, Hasnain and Saqlain suffered bullet injuries on their chests.

Rescue 1122 officials shifted the injured to the District Headquarters Hospital where Muhammad Ali died during treatment while Hasnain was shifted to the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad due to his critical condition. Saqlain was being treated at the Jhang DHQ hospital.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 29^th, 2017.