Assault: Man killed, another injured

Muhammd Farooq was killed and Nasir Ali was injured in two separate incidents.

ATTOCK:

A man was fatally injured over a minor issue in the Nai Abadi area in Fateh Jang on Saturday.

Manzoor Hussain lodged a report with the Fateh Jang police in which he said he was passing through the main market, when he saw Ghulam Sabir and Muhammad Fayaz beat his brother Muhammd Farooq with sticks and rods.

He said that when his brother fell on the road, Sabir allegedly ran his motorcycle over him, injuring him fatally. The victim was taken to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in critical condition, however, doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. The attackers fled the scene. The Fateh Jang police registered a murder case against the suspects and started investigation.

Meanwhile, two unidentified motorcyclists opened fire on a boy in Jasean village and fled. Nasir Ali was sitting on a roadside, when two unknown motorcyclists turned up there and opened fired on him with a pistol. As a result of the firing, Ali sustained serious wounds. The attackers fled the scene. Ali was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Attock, where his condition was stated to be critical. The Attock Saddar police registered a case.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 25^th, 2013.