Dispute : Two killed while returning from court
Ishtiaq and Surfaid were in a car when their opponents approached them on a motorcycle and ambushed the vehicle.
NOWSHERA:
Two men were allegedly killed by their opponents in Bara Bandha, Nowshera as they were returning from a court hearing on Thursday. Khair Rehman, a relative of the deceased, told Risalpur police Ishtiaq and Surfaid were travelling in a car when their opponents, Tanosh, Asfandyar and Naveed, approached them on a motorcycle and ambushed the vehicle. Ishtiaq and Surfaid died on the spot while the accused brothers managed to escape. Rehman said father of the accused, Pir Muhammad, was shot dead a while back and they thought Ishtiaq and Surfaid had killed him. Police registered a case and started a search for the accused. Later, their family members took the deceased and placed their bodies on the road, blocking traffic to protest against the killing. They demanded the immediate arrest of the killers.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2014.
Two men were allegedly killed by their opponents in Bara Bandha, Nowshera as they were returning from a court hearing on Thursday. Khair Rehman, a relative of the deceased, told Risalpur police Ishtiaq and Surfaid were travelling in a car when their opponents, Tanosh, Asfandyar and Naveed, approached them on a motorcycle and ambushed the vehicle. Ishtiaq and Surfaid died on the spot while the accused brothers managed to escape. Rehman said father of the accused, Pir Muhammad, was shot dead a while back and they thought Ishtiaq and Surfaid had killed him. Police registered a case and started a search for the accused. Later, their family members took the deceased and placed their bodies on the road, blocking traffic to protest against the killing. They demanded the immediate arrest of the killers.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 11th, 2014.