Five murdered in separate incidents

Five persons, including a schoolteacher, were murdered in separate incidents on Saturday.

A woman was also injured. Muhammad Nawaz was involved in a land dispute with his brother, Muhammad Azam, in the 50 GB Sathiala area of Nishatabad police station.

Azam allegedly shot and injured his brother Nawaz and sister-in-law, Sughran Bibi.

The couple were rushed to Allied Hospital, where Nawaz succumbed to his wounds while Sughran Bibi survived.

Meanwhile, 55-year-old Muhammad Jameel, a teacher of Government Girls High School, had a dispute over money with a contractor Zulqarnain.

He allegedly tortured Jameel, rendering him unconscious.

Jameel succumbed to his injuries after being rushed to hospital Additionally, the body of an unidentified 35-year-old man was found near Juranwala Road 5 Bridge.

The victim was reportedly tortured to death and dumped at the spot. Muhammad Rafi, a resident of Samundari Road, was on his way to work on a motorcycle near Satiana Road when the accused, Abid and five others, allegedly grabbed him and tortured him to death to avenge an enmity.

Separately, in Chak No. 570 GB, Tabassum Naeem was married four months ago to Rukhsana Bibi alias Saima.

Reportedly, she returned to her parents’ house a month ago.

Tabassum went to the house to take his wife back, but a quarrel broke out between the couple.

Saima, along with Ishtiaq Ahmed, Basharat alias Mani and others, allegedly poisoned her husband.

His condition deteriorated and he was shifted to hospital where he eventually died.