Eye for an Eye: Men ‘avenge’ brother’s death

LAHORE:

A man was shot dead over old rivalry during Eid holidays in Lytton Road police precinct.

Police officials said that Hafiz Bilal was murdered by men identified as Shebaz, Shehzad, Javeed, Imran. Hafiz Bilal’s brother, Ammar was accused of killing Akbar who was the brother of the men who allegedly murdered Bilal.

The four accused, residents of Shamnagar, went to Ammar’s house where his younger brother, Bilal, answered the door. He was shot and injured. Bilal was shifted to Mayo Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The police said that an FIR was lodged against the above-mentioned accused, on Ammar’s complaint. They also said that an FIR, nominating Ammar as an accused in the murder of Akbar – the brother of the men accused in Bilal’s murder – had been registered earlier.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 10^th, 2011.