Witnesses said the assailants shot several times in the air before they fled. PHOTO: FILE
A man was beaten up and his nose cut by 10 people on Saturday for turning down a marriage proposal for his sister that he had earlier accepted.
Saddar police said that Zahid Hussain, a resident of Ghausiabad, Rahim Yar Khan, had accepted Mumtaz Ahmad’s proposal for his sister. However, due to some family dispute he later backed out. This had led to a rivalry between him and Ahmad, who with 10 accomplices beat Hussain and his father on their way home on Saturday night.
They later cut Hussain’s nose with a barber’s blade and fled. The injured man was taken to a hospital, where he was later reported to be in critical condition. Witnesses said the assailants shot several times in the air before they fled. Police said they were looking for them.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 6th, 2013.
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