Five gunned down over family dispute

Culprit opened fire on in-laws to settle his marriage dispute

GUJRANWALA:

At least five persons were killed during a firing incident in Kotli Sian area on Saturday.

Police said a man deranged over a family dispute opened fire at his in-laws. As a result of firing, five persons died on the spot. The culprit fled the crime scene and police started search for him.

In a similar incident on September 30 last year, in a bid to seize property and money, an elderly man was allegedly murdered by his daughter-in-law and grandson in Faisalabad. Reportedly, 85-year-old Basheer Ahmed, son of Imamuddin, lived with his son Nadeem Abbas in Iqbal Tow in Ghulam Muhammadabad. The grandson of the deceased, identified as Waseem Abbas, wanted to seize his grandfather’s property and bank balance.

Waseem along with his mother Aasia bibi, had an altercation over the property issue with the elderly man. Waseem hit the victim in the head with a brick . He was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries.

On July 14 last year, a man shot dead his brother-in-law and injured two other family members over a domestic dispute.

The accused was deranged after he was warned by his in-laws to not beat his wife.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2021.