3 killed over property dispute in Thikriwala
Three people, including two brothers, were killed in a shootout over a land dispute in Nishatabad area.
Relatives of the deceased blocked the Sargodha Road in protest against the incident.
The protestors dispersed after negotiations with the police who then had the bodies transferred to a hospital for postmortem.
The Regional Police Officer ordered investigation into the case.
Nawazish and Wajahat, both in their thirties, had taken land on lease from the nephew of Imran Sharif.
The two brothers had been watering the land on Tuesday morning when Imran Sharif arrived there.
He had come to see the brothers over some matter relating to the lease period of the land.
They began talking over the matter and the talks turned into an argument and then into a fight and it ended up in a shootout in which all of them died on the spot.
Last month, three men allegedly killed their sister and injured their brother-in-law and three nephews over a property dispute in Khurrianwala.
The victim, Safia Bibi, had demanded of her brothers, Fakhar, Faryad and Imran, to give her the share she had in the family property.
The suspects instead of complying with the demands of her sister allegedly decided to get rid of her.
On the fateful day, they entered into their sister’s house and opened fire, injuring Safia, their brother-in-law Amjad and nephews Bilawal, Mehran and Bilal.
The injured were shifted to a hospital where Safia died of her injuries.
Police reached the spot, and after completing legal formalities handed Safia’s body to Bilal Amjad, son of the deceased, on whose complaint the police registered a case and started conducting raids to find the culprits.
In June last year, a man allegedly stabbed his 70-year-old grandfather and four-year-old cousin to death and injured his grandmother, aunt and a two-year-old cousin over a property dispute in Khushab.
Muhammad Adnan, the main suspect, was arrested by Nowshera police and a case was registered against him under Sections 109 and 302.
Hafeezur Rehman, son of slain Nawazul Haq, filed a complaint stating that his uncle Abdul Hafeez had informed him that his nephew Adnan had come to his house at 8pm. He said that he had come from Rawalpindi and had to rest.
“As soon as he entered the house, he started stabbing my father Nawazul Haq. When my mother Malikani Bibi and wife Ghulam Raqiyah went to rescue my father, the suspect also injured them. Adnan also stabbed and injured my young daughters Maryam Alvi and Shifa Alvi, one after the other,” the complainant stated.
Later, 70-year-old Nawazul Haq and four-year-old Maryam died of their injuries.
After the incident, the injured were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Nowshera.
Nowshera SHO Amir Shehzad said that the suspect Adnan had been arrested and strict legal action was being taken against him.
In a similar incident in March 2021, a man, his pregnant wife and two children were murdered allegedly by his father in Kotli Kokian.
There was an atmosphere of gloom in the village after the incident. According to local people, both the children were beaten to death with an iron rod in front of their mother. Later on, the woman was also killed.
According to the police report, the incident took place in Kotli Kokian village of Motra area.
Basharat and his son Adnan were allegedly involved in a property dispute.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 20th, 2022.